CHEMIST

Georg Wittig

1897 - 1987

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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. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Herbert C. Brown in 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georg Wittig is the 161st most popular chemist (down from 122nd in 2019), the 625th most popular biography from Germany (up from 669th in 2019) and the 31st most popular German Chemist.

Georg Wittig is most famous for his discovery of the Wittig reaction, which is a chemical reaction that converts an aldehyde or ketone into an alkene.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Georg Wittig ranks 161 out of 602. Before him are Robert W. Holley, Paul D. Boyer, Feodor Lynen, Antoni Grabowski, Katalin Karikó, and Ei-ichi Negishi. After him are Edmond H. Fischer, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Bengt I. Samuelsson, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Willard Libby, and John E. Walker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Georg Wittig ranks 31. Before him are Frank Capra, Gordon Allport, Kurt Schuschnigg, Norbert Elias, Enid Blyton, and Pola Negri. After him are Kurt Daluege, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Karl-Otto Koch, Soong Mei-ling, Janaki Ammal, and Karl Gebhardt. Among people deceased in 1987, Georg Wittig ranks 22. Before him are William P. Murphy, Thomas Sankara, Jacques Anquetil, Pola Negri, Fahri Korutürk, and Jascha Heifetz. After him are Lino Ventura, Lawrence Kohlberg, John Huston, Lee Marvin, Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, and Jean Anouilh.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Georg Wittig ranks 625 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans von Seeckt (1866), Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (1842), Till Lindemann (1963), Maximilian von Weichs (1881), Wolfgang Paul (1913), and Henri Nestlé (1814). After him are Elsa Einstein (1876), Franz Boas (1858), Ernst Mayr (1904), Wolfgang Petersen (1941), Kurt Weill (1900), and Walter Baade (1893).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Georg Wittig ranks 31. Before him are Gerhard Ertl (1936), Julius Lothar Meyer (1830), Johann Rudolf Glauber (1604), Hermann Kolbe (1818), Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743), and Feodor Lynen (1911). After him are Felix Hoffmann (1868), Gerhard Herzberg (1904), Robert Huber (1937), Johann Deisenhofer (1943), Georg Ernst Stahl (1659), and Joachim Frank (1940).

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