Georg Wittig

Georg Wittig
Born	(1897-06-16)16 June 1897 Berlin, German Empire
Died	26 August 1987(1987-08-26) (aged 90) Heidelberg, West Germany
Alma mater	University of Marburg
Known for	Wittig reaction 1,2-Wittig rearrangement 2,3-Wittig rearrangement Directed ortho metalation Ate complex Hypervalent molecule Potassium tetraphenylborate
Awards	Otto Hahn Prize for Chemistry and Physics (1967) Paul Karrer Gold Medal (1972) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1979)
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	University of Marburg TU Braunschweig University of Freiburg University of Tübingen University of Heidelberg
Doctoral advisor	Karl von Auwers
Doctoral students	Werner Tochtermann, Ulrich Schöllkopf

Georg Wittig (German: [ˈɡeː.ɔʁk ˈvɪ.tɪç] ^ⓘ; 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.