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.

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Who was born first?

• Georg Wittig and Tadeusz Reichstein were born the same year
• Georg Wittig and Odd Hassel were born the same year
• Georg Wittig and Patrick Blackett were born the same year
• Georg Wittig and Ronald George Wreyford Norrish were born the same year
• Georg Wittig and John Franklin Enders were born the same year

Timeline

1. Georg Wittig (this page)June 16, 1897 – August 26, 1987
2. John Franklin EndersFebruary 10, 1897 – September 8, 1985
3. Odd HasselMay 17, 1897 – May 11, 1981
4. Patrick BlackettNovember 18, 1897 – July 13, 1974
5. Ronald George Wreyford NorrishNovember 9, 1897 – June 7, 1978
6. Tadeusz ReichsteinJuly 8, 1897 – August 1, 1996

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• Ernest RutherfordAugust 30, 1871 – October 19, 1937
• Erwin SchrödingerAugust 12, 1887 – January 4, 1961
• Wilhelm RöntgenMarch 27, 1845 – February 10, 1923
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