Georg Wittig Net Worth

Georg Wittig was a German chemist who won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1979 for his development of the Wittig reaction, a method for synthesizing alkenes from aldehydes and ketones. He was born in Berlin in 1897 and developed an early love for science, studying chemistry at the University of Tübingen in 1916. His studies were interrupted by World War I, during which he was taken prisoner of war by the British forces. After his release, he was accepted into the University of Marburg by professor Karl von Auwers and was awarded a Ph.D. in organic chemistry after three years of study. He then pursued an academic career, working at the TU Braunschweig and the University of Freiburg before succeeding Wilhelm Schlenk as head of the organic chemistry department at the University of Tübingen.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Organic Chemist
Birth Day June 16, 1897
Birth Place Berlin, Germany, German
Age 122 YEARS OLD
Died On August 26, 1987(1987-08-26) (aged 90)\nHeidelberg, West Germany
Birth Sign Cancer
Alma mater University of Marburg
Known for Wittig reaction 1,2-Wittig rearrangement 2,3-Wittig rearrangement Potassium tetraphenylborate
Awards Otto Hahn Prize for Chemistry and Physics (1967) Paul Karrer Gold Medal (1972) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1979)
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

💰 Net worth

Georg Wittig, a renowned Organic Chemist hailing from Germany, is projected to have a net worth ranging from $100,000 to $1 million in the year 2024. With his significant contributions to the field of organic chemistry, Wittig has become widely recognized for his groundbreaking research and discoveries. As an expert in his domain, he has made substantial contributions to the development of organic synthesis methodologies, particularly the development of the Wittig reaction, which has revolutionized the synthesis of compounds containing carbon-carbon double bonds. Georg Wittig's net worth reflects not only his intellectual prowess but also the recognition and impact of his work in the scientific community.

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Biography/Timeline

1916

Wittig was born in Berlin, Germany and shortly after his birth moved with his family to Kassel, where his Father was professor at the applied arts high school. He attended school in Kassel and started studying chemistry at the University of Tübingen 1916. He was drafted and became a lieutenant in the cavalry of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel). After being an English prisoner of war from 1918 till 1919, Wittig found it hard to restart his chemistry studies owing to overcrowding at the universities. By a direct plea to Karl von Auwers, who was professor for organic chemistry at the University of Marburg at the time, he was able to resume university study and after 3 years was awarded the Ph.D. in organic chemistry.

1926

Karl von Auwers was able to convince him to start an academic career, leading to his habilitation in 1926. He became a close friend of Karl Ziegler, who was also doing his habilitation with Auwers during that time. The successor of Karl von Auwers, Hans Meerwein, accepted Wittig as lecturer, partly because he was impressed by the new 400-page book on stereochemistry that Wittig had written. In 1931 Wittig married Waltraud Ernst, a colleague from the Auwers working group. The invitation of Karl Fries brought him as professor to the TU Braunschweig in 1932. The time in Braunschweig became more and more problematic as the Nazis tried to get rid of Karl Fries and Wittig showed solidarity with him. After the forced retirement of Fries, in 1937 Hermann Staudinger offered Wittig a position at the University of Freiburg, partly because he knew Wittig from his book on stereochemistry in which he supported Staudinger's highly criticized theory of macromolecules. The foundations of carbanion chemistry were laid during Wittig's time in Freiburg.

1944

In 1944 he succeeded the head of the organic chemistry department Wilhelm Schlenk at the University of Tübingen. Most of his scientific work, including the development of the Wittig reaction, was performed during this time in Tübingen. The 1956 appointment of the nearly sixty-year-old Wittig as head of the organic chemistry department at the University of Heidelberg as successor of Karl Freudenberg was exceptional even at that time. The newly built department and the close connection to the BASF convinced Wittig to take this opportunity. He worked at the University of Heidelberg even after his retirement in 1967 and published papers until 1980. Most of his awards were presented during this time at Heidelberg, such as the honorary doctorate of the Sorbonne in 1956 and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1979.