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Georg Wittig
German chemist (1979 Nobel Prize) · Germany · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1897 to 1987 · aged 90
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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1987Died26 August 19871979Nobel Prize in ChemistryAward1975Karl Ziegler PrizeAward1973Roger Adams Award in Organic ChemistryAward1967Otto Hahn Prize for Chemistry and PhysicsAward1965Dannie Heineman PrizeAward1957Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of ParisAward1953Adolf-von-Baeyer Gold MedalAward1897Born16 June 1897
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Germany
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1897 to 1987 · aged 90
The same award as Georg
Philip Warren AndersonBoth received Dannie Heineman Prize
Manfred EigenBoth received Otto Hahn Prize for Chemistry and Physics
Ryōji NoyoriBoth received Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry
Wolfgang KetterleBoth received Dannie Heineman Prize
Elias James CoreyBoth received Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry
Gerhard ErtlBoth received Karl Ziegler Prize