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Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig

1835 - 1910

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Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig (6 December 1835 – 19 November 1910) was a German chemist. He discovered the pinacol coupling reaction, mesitylene, diacetyl and biphenyl. Fittig studied the action of sodium on ketones and hydrocarbons. He discovered the Fittig reaction or Wurtz–Fittig reaction for the synthesis of alkylbenzenes, he proposed a diketone structure for benzoquinone and isolated phenanthrene from coal tar. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig is the 509th most popular chemist (up from 524th in 2019), the 4,613th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,012th in 2019) and the 94th most popular German Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig ranks 509 out of 602. Before him are John Walker, Julius Wilbrand, Karen Wetterhahn, Ludwig Knorr, Jan Szczepanik, and Helen Murray Free. After him are William Hallowes Miller, Hermann Wilhelm Vogel, Luis E. Miramontes, Zdenko Hans Skraup, Jacob Volhard, and Heinrich Caro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig ranks 75. Before him are Tommaso Salvadori, Archibald Geikie, Kārlis Baumanis, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Osbert Salvin, and Alexander Litovchenko. After him are Antanas Baranauskas, Gregorio María Aguirre y García, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Richard Olney, and Richard Andree. Among people deceased in 1910, Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig ranks 89. Before him are Stamatios Nikolopoulos, Louis Henri Boussenard, Julia Ward Howe, Vittoria Aganoor, Pierre Nord Alexis, and Hans Jæger. After him are Zdenko Hans Skraup, Georges de la Falaise, Jacob Volhard, Heinrich Caro, Andrea Costa, and Joaquim Nabuco.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig ranks 4,616 out of 7,253. Before him are Gabriele Hinzmann (1947), Fritz Rasp (1891), Oskar Lenz (1848), Konrad Frey (1909), Ingrid Auerswald (1957), and Prince William of Baden (1792). After him are Helmut Kremers (1949), Carl Hindenburg (1741), Gerhard Stoltenberg (1928), Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel (1722), Hilde Domin (1909), and Marie Hankel (1844).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig ranks 94. Before him are Adolph Strecker (1822), Albert Ladenburg (1842), Robert Havemann (1910), Ludwig Mond (1839), Julius Wilbrand (1839), and Ludwig Knorr (1859). After him are Hermann Wilhelm Vogel (1834), Jacob Volhard (1834), Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch (1857), Eugen Baumann (1846), Friedrich Accum (1769), and Rainer Ludwig Claisen (1851).

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