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Georg Wittig

nobel prize for chemistry


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Georg Wittig
Full Name
of the recipient		Georg Wittig
AwardNobel Prize in Chemistry
Year of Award1979
Share in Award50.0%
Award Shared withHerbert C. Brown (50.0%)
Motivation
for the Award		for their development of the use of boron- and phosphorus-containing compounds, respectively, into important reagents in organic synthesis
Affiliation
at the Time of Award		University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany
Place of BirthBerlin, Germany DEU
Date of Birth16 June 1897
Age
at the time of Award		81 years
Place of DeathHeidelberg, West Germany DEU
Date of Death26 August 1987
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