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Burghardt Wittig Burghardt Wittig (born 1947 in Celle, Germany) is the chairman oMolBio2Mathand a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Freie Universitaet Berlin in Berlin (FUB), Germany. His research focuses on the areas of gene regulation, DNA struct ...
(born 1947), German biochemist *
Curt Wittig Curt Franklin Wittig is a professor of chemistry and the holder of the Paul A. Miller Chair in the college of letters, arts, and sciences at the University of Southern California (USC). Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Wittig received ...
, American chemist * David Wittig (born 1955), American executive *
Edward Wittig Edward Wittig (September 20, 1879 – March 3, 1941) was a Polish sculptor and university professor, notable for designing many monuments in Warsaw. Born in Warsaw, Wittig went on to study art at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under the ...
(1879–1941), Polish sculptor *
Ferdinand Wittig Ferdinand Wittig (October 20, 1851 – April 17, 1909) was an American merchant, farmer, and politician. Born in Denmark, Wittig emigrated to the United States, in 1872, and settled in New Denmark, Brown County, Wisconsin. For a time he w ...
(1851-1909), American politician *
Georg Wittig Georg Wittig (; 16 June 1897 – 26 August 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 shared the Nobel Prize i ...
(1897–1987), German chemist * Iris Wittig (1928-1978), German military pilot * Johnnie Wittig (1914–1999), former Major League pitcher * Martin C. Wittig (born 1964), German CEO *
Michael Wittig Michael Richard "Kalel" Wittig (born August 21, 1976) is an American contemporary Christian musician best known as the bass player for the Christian rock band Pillar. After ten years of playing with Pillar, Wittig left the band in September 20 ...
(born 1976), American musician *
Monique Wittig Monique Wittig (; 13 July 1935 – 3 January 2003) was a French author, philosopher, and feminist theorist who wrote about abolition of the sex-class system and coined the phrase "heterosexual contract." Her groundbreaking work is titled '' The ...
(1935–2003), French author and feminist theorist * Peter Wittig (born 1954), German diplomat *
Rüdiger Wittig Rüdiger Wittig (born October 17, 1946 in Herne, West Germany) is a professor of geobotany and ecology at the Goethe University Frankfurt in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Career From 1968 to 1973, Wittig studied biology and chemistry at the Wilh ...
(born 1946), German professor of geobotany and ecology *
Sigmar Wittig Dr. Sigmar Wittig (born 25 February 1940 in Nimptsch, former Silesia region of Germany) has been the chairman of the executive board of the German Aerospace Center (''Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt'') since March 2002. He was the chai ...
(born 1940), German Chair of the European Space Agency *
Susan Wittig Albert Susan Wittig Albert, also known by the pen names Robin Paige and Carolyn Keene, is an American mystery writer from Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. Albert was an academic and the first female vice president of Southwest Texas State U ...
(born 1940), American mystery writer


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* Wittich * Wittig River *
1,2-Wittig rearrangement 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 compound. The reaction is named for Nobel Prize winning chemist Georg Wittig. The in ...
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2,3-Wittig rearrangement The ,3Wittig rearrangement is the transformation of an allylic ether into a homoallylic alcohol via a concerted, pericyclic process. Because the reaction is concerted, it exhibits a high degree of stereocontrol, and can be employed early in a sy ...
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Wittig reaction 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 reactions are most commonly used to convert aldehydes and ketones to alkenes. Most o ...
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