Georg Wittig ( 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. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Herbert C. Brown in 1979.
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16 June 1897 Berlin, Germany
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26 August 1987 (aged 90) Heidelberg, Germany
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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