Georg Wittig
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 37 years ago |
| Date of birth | June 16,1897 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Born | Berlin |
| Germany | |
| Date of died | August 26,1987 |
| Died | Heidelberg |
| Germany | |
| Known for | Wittig reaction |
| 1,2-Wittig rearrangement | |
| [2,3]-Wittig rearrangement | |
| Potassium tetraphenylborate | |
| Job | Chemist |
| Education | Philipps-University Marburg |
| Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen | |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
| Nationality | German |
| Academic advisor | Hans Meerwein |
| Karl von Auwers | |
| Doctor student | Werner Tochtermann |
| Ulrich Schöllkopf | |
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| ID | 1386443 |
Georg Wittig Life story
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.
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