What is Georg Wittig?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Georg Wittig | image = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1897|6|16}} | birth_place = [[Berlin]], [[German Empire]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1987|8|26|1897|6|16}} | death_place = [[Heidelberg]], [[West Germany]] | nationality = German | field = [[Chemistry]] | work_institution = [[University of Marburg]]<br>[[TU Braunschweig]]<br>[[University of Freiburg]]<br>[[University of Tübingen]]<br>[[University of Heidelberg]] | alma_mater = [[University of Marburg]] | doctoral_advisor = [[Karl von Auwers]] | doctoral_students = [[Werner Tochtermann]], [[Ulrich Schöllkopf]] | known_for = [[Wittig reaction]]<br>[[1,2-Wittig rearrangement]]<br>[[2,3-Wittig rearrangement]]<br>[[Directed ortho metalation]]<br>[[Ate complex]]<br>[[Hypervalent molecule]]<br>[[Potassium tetraphenylborate]] | prizes = [[Otto Hahn Prize|Otto Hahn Prize for Chemistry and Physics]] (1967)<br>[[Paul Karrer Gold Medal]] (1972)<br>[[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (1979) | footnotes = }} {{nobelprize|Chemistry}}'''Georg Wittig''' ({{IPA-de|ˈɡeː.ɔʁk ˈvɪ.tɪç|lang|De-Georg Wittig.ogg}}; 16 June 1897 &ndash; 26 August 1987) was a [[German people|German]] [[chemist]]. He was known for his work the synthesis of [[alkene]]s from [[aldehyde]]s and [[ketone]]s. It became known as the [[Wittig reaction]]. He shared the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] with [[Herbert C. Brown]] in 1979.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1002/1521-3773(20010417)40:8<1411::AID-ANIE1411>3.0.CO;2-U|title=Wittig and His Accomplishments: Still Relevant Beyond His 100th Birthday|year=2001|last1=Hoffmann|first1=Reinhard W.|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition|volume=40|issue=8|pages=1411–1416}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wittig, Georg}} [[Category:1897 births]] [[Category:1987 deaths]] [[Category:German chemists]] [[Category:Scientists from Berlin]] {{Nobel Prize in Chemistry}} {{bio-stub}}