Wittig is a surname, and may refer to:
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Burghardt Wittig (born 1947), German biochemist
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Curt Wittig, American chemist
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David Wittig (born 1955), American executive
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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 t ...
(1879–1941), Polish sculptor
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Ferdinand Wittig (1851-1909), American politician
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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 in Che ...
(1897–1987), German chemist
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Iris Wittig (1928-1978), German military pilot
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Johnnie Wittig (1914–1999), former Major League pitcher
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Martin C. Wittig
Martin C. Wittig (born 20 January 1964) was the German CEO of the management consultant firm Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. He is the successor/antecessor of CEO Burkhard Schwenker. Martin Christof Wittig is married and lives with his wif ...
(born 1964), German CEO
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Michael Wittig (born 1976), American musician
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Monique Wittig
Monique Wittig (; July 13, 1935 – January 3, 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 seminal work is titled '' The Strai ...
(1935–2003), French author and feminist theorist
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Peter Wittig (born 1954), German diplomat
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Rüdiger Wittig (born 1946), German professor of geobotany and ecology
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Sigmar Wittig (born 1940), German Chair of the European Space Agency
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Susan Wittig Albert (born 1940), American mystery writer
See also
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Wittich
Wittich is a surname, and may refer to:
* Paul Wittich (c. 1546 in Breslau – 1586), a Silesia-born astronomer
* Christopher Wittich ( la, Christophorus Wittichius; 1625, in Brieg/Brzeg - 1687, in Leyden), a Silesia-born Dutch theologian
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Wittig River
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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.
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2,3-Wittig rearrangement
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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. Mos ...
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