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Georg Wittig (German: [ˈɡeː.ɔʁk ˈvɪ.tɪç] ⓘ; 16 June 1897 – 26 August 1987) 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.
Jun 12, 2024 · Georg Wittig (born June 16, 1897, Berlin, Ger.—died Aug. 26, 1987, Heidelberg, W.Ger.) was a German chemist whose studies of organic phosphorus compounds won him a share (with Herbert C. Brown) of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1979.
Georg Wittig. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1979. Born: 16 June 1897, Berlin, Germany. Died: 26 August 1987, Heidelberg, West Germany (now Germany) Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Professor Emeritus since 1967. Scientific Activities. Textbook on stereochemistry, 1930. Papers on the subject of ring tension and double bonds as well as valency tautomerism. Main research into organic reactions of alkali metals and elaboration of carbon-based chemistry.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1979 was awarded jointly to Herbert C. Brown and Georg Wittig "for their development of the use of boron- and phosphorus-containing compounds, respectively, into important reagents in organic synthesis"
May 29, 2018 · WITTIG, GEORG (b. Berlin, Germany, 16 June 1897;d. Heidelberg, Germany, 26 August 1987), organic chemistry [1].Wittig’s work was guided by the general idea of establishing the field of carbanion chemistry as equal in importance to the fields of free radical [2] and carbonium ion chemistry.
G EORG W ITTIG. 1979 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. for their development of the use of boron- and phosphorus-containing compounds, respectively, into important reagents in organic synthesis.
