Georg Wittig

Georg Wittig (June 16, 1897 in Berlin (Germany) - August 26, 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 won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1979.

See also

• The development of the use of boron- and phosphorus-containing compounds, respectively, into important reagents in organic synthesis.