How to Pronounce Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig
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Dec 06, 1835 Hamburg, Germany Died on 19 Nov 1910 (aged 74)
German chemist
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About Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig
- Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig (6 December 1835 – 19 November 1910) was a German chemist.
- Fittig discovered the pinacol coupling reaction, mesitylene, diacetyl and biphenyl.
- He studied the action of sodium on ketones and hydrocarbons.
- He discovered the Fittig reaction or Wurtz–Fittig reaction for the synthesis of alkylbenzenes, he proposed a diketone structure for benzoquinone and isolated phenanthrene from coal tar.
- He discovered and synthesized the first lactones and investigated structures of piperine naphthalene and fluorene.
