Georg Wittig

13.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
189 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Georg Wittig is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Georg Wittig has authored 189 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 171 papers in Organic Chemistry, 39 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 29 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Georg Wittig's work include Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (61 papers), Phosphorus compounds and reactions (44 papers) and Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (42 papers). Georg Wittig is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (61 papers), Phosphorus compounds and reactions (44 papers) and Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (42 papers). Georg Wittig collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Georg Wittig's co-authors include Ulrich Schöllkopf, W.O. Haag, Adolf Krebs, Manfred Schlosser, Harry E. Reiff, Karl Clauß, F. Matthias Bickelhaupt, Günter Lange, Friedrich Johann Lorenz Meyer and Hans‐Dieter Frommeld and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

Georg Wittig

188 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Über Triphenyl‐phosphin‐methylene als olefinbildende Reagenzien (I. Mitteil.

1954 853 citations Georg Wittig et al. Chemische Berichte profile →
Zur Reaktionsweise des Pentaphenyl‐phosphors und einiger Derivate

1953 551 citations Georg Wittig et al. Justus Liebig s Annalen der Chemie profile →
Über Triphenyl‐phosphinmethylene als olefinbildende Reagenzien (II. Mitteil.¹⁾)

1955 301 citations Georg Wittig, W.O. Haag Chemische Berichte profile →
Zur Existenz niedergliedriger Cycloalkine, I

1961 275 citations Georg Wittig et al. Chemische Berichte profile →
Über das intermediäre Auftreten von Dehydrobenzol

1956 185 citations Georg Wittig et al. Chemische Berichte profile →
Über das Verhalten von Diphenylmetallen als Komplexbildner

1951 171 citations Georg Wittig et al. Justus Liebig s Annalen der Chemie profile →
Über die Herstellung von Vinyläthern, Vinylthioäthern und Vinylhalogeniden auf der Phosphylen‐Basis; IV. Mitteil. über Phosphin‐alkylene als olefinbildende Reagenzien

1961 152 citations Georg Wittig et al. Chemische Berichte profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Georg Wittig

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Georg Wittig. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Georg Wittig based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Georg Wittig. Georg Wittig is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Single-stage plasma-based correlated energy spread compensation for ultrahigh 6D brightness electron beams 2017 ·Nature Communications ·G. G. Manahan, A. F. Habib, Paul Scherkl, (unknown), A. Beaton, A. Knetsch, O. Karger, Georg Wittig, T. Heinemann, Z. M. Sheng, John R. Cary, David Bruhwiler, J. Rosenzweig, B. Hidding	37
2	Kombination von Carbonyl‐Olefinierungsreaktion und gezielter Aldolkondensation 1978 ·Justus Liebig s Annalen der Chemie ·Georg Wittig, (unknown)	10
3	Apparatus for sodium distillation for analytical purposes NADESTAN 4 1974 ·OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) ·H.U. Borgstedt, Zoran M. Perić, Georg Wittig	2
4	Zur Reaktionsweise N‐metallierter acyclischer und cyclischer sekundärer Amine 1971 ·Justus Liebig s Annalen der Chemie ·Georg Wittig, (unknown)	29
5	Zur Existenz niedergliedriger Cycloalkine, X Bildung und Verhalten von Cycloheptin 1968 ·Justus Liebig s Annalen der Chemie ·Georg Wittig, (unknown)	25
6	Über Bildungsweisen und Verhalten pentaarylierter Spiroarsene 1964 ·Chemische Berichte ·Georg Wittig, Dieter Hellwinkel	40
7	Preparation and Reactions of o-Dilithiobenzene 1963 ·The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·Hans Winkler, Georg Wittig	49
8	Über Phosphin‐alkylene als olefinbildende Reagenzien, VI. Zur Synthese von Alkyl‐ und Aryl‐vinyläthern auf der Phosphylen‐Basis 1962 ·Chemische Berichte ·Georg Wittig, W. A. Böll, (unknown)	92
9	Dehydrobenzol aus 1.2.3‐Benzothiadiazol‐1.1‐dioxyd 1962 ·Chemische Berichte ·Georg Wittig, Reinhard W. Hoffmann	66
10	Small Rings with Carbon‐Carbon Triple Bonds 1962 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English ·Georg Wittig	36
11	Über das intermediäre Auftreten von 2.3‐Dehydrothiophen 1961 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Georg Wittig, (unknown)	19
12	Zur Existenz niedergliedriger Cycloalkine, II 1961 ·Chemische Berichte ·Georg Wittig, (unknown)	70
13	Dehydrobenzol und Acridin 1960 ·Chemische Berichte ·Georg Wittig, (unknown)	9
14	Zur Aufspaltung cyclischer Äther durch Trityl‐natrium/Triphenylbor und analoge Antagonistenpaare 1960 ·Chemische Berichte ·Georg Wittig, (unknown)	15
15	Zur Komplexstabilisierung alkalimetall‐organischer Verbindungen in Äther, II 1958 ·Chemische Berichte ·Georg Wittig, F. Matthias Bickelhaupt	35
16	Bildungsweisen und Reaktionen von Dehydrobenzol (Cyclohexadienin) 1957 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Georg Wittig	76
17	Ursprung und Entwicklung in der Chemie der Phosphin‐alkylene 1956 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Georg Wittig	59
18	Über Triphenyl‐phosphinmethylene als olefinbildende Reagenzien (II. Mitteil.¹⁾) breakdown → 1955 ·Chemische Berichte ·Georg Wittig, W.O. Haag	301
19	Über neue Triaryl‐bor‐Verbindungen und ihre Tetraarylo‐borat‐Komplexe (V. Mitteil.¹⁾) 1955 ·Chemische Berichte ·Georg Wittig, Walter Herwig	45
20	Phenanthrensynthesen über intraionische Isomerisationen 1951 ·Chemische Berichte ·Georg Wittig, (unknown), (unknown)	46

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