Question : In 1979, who shared the Nobel Prize with Georg Wittig for their ‘development of the use of Boron- and Phosphorus-containing compounds, respectively, into important reagents in organic synthesis’?
Option 1: Herbert C. Brown
Option 2: Arne Tiselius
Option 3: Henry Taube
Option 4: Emil Fischer
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Correct Answer: Herbert C. Brown
Solution : The correct answer is Herbert C. Brown .
Herbert C. Brown , along with Georg Wittig of the University of Heidelberg, was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1979 for their independent contributions to organic synthesis. Purdue University commemorates his achievements by naming a chemistry lab in his honour – the Herbert C. Brown Laboratory.
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