Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, German chemist (born 1835)

Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig

German chemist (1835–1910)

Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig was a German chemist. He discovered the pinacol coupling reaction, mesitylene, diacetyl and biphenyl. Fittig studied the action of sodium on ketones and hydrocarbons. He discovered the Fittig reaction or Wurtz–Fittig reaction for the synthesis of…