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Georg Wittig(1897)

Chemistry

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.

Germany
1
Major Awards
6
Publications
59
Citations
4
h-index
N/A
i10-index
9.8
Avg Citations/Paper

Awards & Recognition

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

for their development of the use of boron- and phosphorus-containing compounds, respectively, into important reagents in organic synthesis

University of Heidelberg
1979

Most Cited Works

Top publications by citation count

Co-winners

Shared the same award in the same year

Education

University of Tübingen
University of Marburg

Doctoral Advisors

Ulrich SchöllkopfKarl von Auwers

Career Timeline

Heidelberg University?–present
University of Marburg?–present
University of Freiburg?–present
TU Braunschweig?–present
University of Tübingen?–present

Academy Memberships

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and SciencesPontifical Academy of Sciences

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