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Georg Wittig
Georg Wittig was a German chemist who reported a method for synthesis of alkenes from aldehydes and ketones using compounds called phosphonium ylides in the Wittig reaction. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Herbert C. Brown in 1979.
BornJune 16, 1897, Berlin, German Empire
DiedAugust 26, 1987, Heidelberg, West Germany
NationalityGerman
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Marburg, TU Braunschweig, University of Freiburg, University of Tübingen, University of Heidelberg
Alma materUniversity of Marburg
Doctoral studentsWerner Tochtermann, Ulrich Schöllkopf
Known forWittig reaction, 1,2-Wittig rearrangement, 2,3-Wittig rearrangement, Directed ortho metalation, Ate complex, Hypervalent molecule, Potassium tetraphenylborate
Notable awardsOtto Hahn Prize for Chemistry and Physics (1967), Paul Karrer Gold Medal (1972), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1979)

About Georg Wittig

Chemist Georg Wittig was born on June 16, 1897 in Germany (He dies at the age of 90, on August 26, 1987).

A German chemist who discovered the Wittig reaction and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1979. In 1956, he became the head of the University of Heidelberg's organic chemistry department.

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Georg Wittig before becoming famous

Georg Wittig was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Twins), and 1897 is also the year of Rooster (雞) in the Chinese Zodiac.

During World War I, he served for Germany and was imprisoned in England from 1918 to 1919.

Achievement of Georg Wittig

Using phosphonium ylides, he developed a method for synthesizing alkenes from aldehydes and ketones.

Georg Wittig's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

His father was a professor at Kassel's high school for applied arts.

Georg Wittig Collabed with

Four years after Chemist Vladimir Prelog, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Georg Wittig Income & Net worth

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