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Wittig is a surname, and may
refer to:
Burghardt Wittig (born 1947),
German biochemist Curt
Wittig,
American chemist David Wittig (born 1955), American...
- The
Wittig reaction or
Wittig olefination is a
chemical reaction of an
aldehyde or
ketone with a
triphenyl phosphonium ylide called a
Wittig reagent. Wittig...
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Monique Wittig (French: [vitig]; 13 July 1935 – 3
January 2003) was a
French author, philosopher, and
feminist theorist who
wrote about abolition of the...
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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...
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David Wittig (born July 29, 1955) is the
former chief executive officer of Topeka, Kansas-based
Westar Energy, a
utility company. Born in
Kansas City,...
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Wittig rearrangement may
refer to: 1,2-
Wittig rearrangement 2,3-
Wittig rearrangement This
disambiguation page
lists articles ****ociated with the title...
- In
organic chemistry,
Wittig reagents are
organophosphorus compounds of the
formula R3P=CHR',
where R is
usually phenyl. They are used to
convert ketones...
- The [2,3]-
Wittig rearrangement is the
transformation of an
allylic ether into a
homoallylic alcohol via a concerted,
pericyclic process.
Because the reaction...
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produce predominantly E-alkenes. In 1958,
Leopold Horner published a
modified Wittig reaction using phosphonate-stabilized carbanions.
William S.
Wadsworth and...
- A 1,2-
Wittig rearrangement is a
categorization of
chemical reactions in
organic chemistry, and
consists of a 1,2-rearrangement of an
ether with an alkyllithium...
