George Wittig
George Wittig
1897-1987
German chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1979 for studies of a family type of organic molecules containing phosphorus, called ylides, that he discovered. Ylides are used in an organic chemical process known as the Wittig reaction that is used to make alkenes from aldehydes and has been employed in the synthesis of organic molecules such as vitamins and steroids. He also studied structurally strained molecules and the reactions of carbanions.
More From encyclopedia.com
Georg Wittig , Wittig, Georg
WITTIG, GEORG
Wittig’s work was guided by the general idea of establishing the field of carbanion chemistry as equal in importance to t… Chemical Equilibrium , CONCEPT
Reactions are the "verbs" of chemistry—the activity that chemists study. Many reactions move to their conclusion and then stop, meaning that… Physical Chemistry , Physical chemistry is the branch of chemistry concerned with the interpretation of the phenomena of chemistry in terms of the underlying principles o… Chemical Reactions , CONCEPT
If chemistry were compared to a sport, then the study of atomic and molecular properties, along with learning about the elements and how they… Kurt Alder , Alder, Kurt
Alder, Kurt
(b. Könighsuü Germany [now Chorźow Poland], 10 July 1902 d. Cologne, Germany, 20 June 1958)
organic Chemistry.
Alder, the son… Cyril Hinshelwood , Hinshelwood, Cyril Norman
(b. London, England, 19 June 1897; d. London, 9 October 1967)
Chemistry.
Hinshelwood, the only son of Norman MacMillan Hins…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
George Wittig