Georg Wittig, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georg Wittig

German chemist (1979 Nobel Prize)

Date of Birth: 16-Jun-1897

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 26-Aug-1987

Profession: chemist, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Georg Wittig (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.