About
A German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1979 for his discovery of the Wittig reaction. He became the head of the organic chemistry department at the University of Heidelberg in 1956.
Before Fame
He fought for Germany in World War I and was an English prisoner of war from 1918 to 1919.
Trivia
He created a method for synthesis of alkenes from aldehydes and ketones using compounds called phosphonium ylides.
Family Life
His father was professor at the applied arts high school in Kassel.
Associated With
He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry four years after Vladimir Prelog.
