The scientist Georg Wittig

Georg Wittig

Living place: Germany

Birthday: 16-6-1897

Global rank: #98370

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Who is The scientist Georg Wittig?
A German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1979 for his discovery of the Wittig reaction. He became head of the organic chemistry department at the University of Heidelberg in 1956.
He created a method for the synthesis of alkenes from aldehydes and ketones using compounds called phosphonium ylides.
 
 

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He fought for Germany in World War I and was an English prisoner of the war of 1918-1919.

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His father was a professor at the High School of Applied Arts in Kassel.

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He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry four years after Vladimir Prelog.

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When was The scientist Georg Wittig born?
Georg Wittig was born in 16-6-1897, death year is , at the age of 127.
Where is The scientist Georg Wittig's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Georg Wittig was born in Germany. is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Gemini, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rooster. Georg Wittig's global rank is 98370 and whose rank is 788 in list of famous The scientist.
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Events in 1897 and 16-6

Birthday Georg Wittig (16-6) in history

  • Day 16-6 year 1487: The Battle of Stoke is over, and it is the final battle of the "War of the Roses", lasting 30 years.
  • Day 16-6 year 1858: Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln declared, "a house divided against itself cannot stand."
  • Day 16-6 year 1904: Events in James Joyce's novel Ulysses took place on this day, which is celebrated as Bloomsday, for the main character, Leopold Bloom.
  • Day 16-6 year 1933: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Industrial Recovery Act.
  • Day 16-6 year 1963: Valentina Tereshkova of the USSR became the first woman in space.
  • Day 16-6 year 1996: Russia voted in its first independent presidential election. Boris Yeltsin eventually won in a runoff.
  • Day 16-6 year 2004: The 9/11 Commission determined that Saddam Hussein had no strong links to al-Qaeda, contradicting White House beliefs.
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