caption doctoral_advisor death_date death_place birth_place image_size nationality field work_institutions birth_date known_for doctoral_students prizes image article_title name alma_mater
wilhelm rudolph fittig heinrich limpricht and friedrich wöhler 19 november 1910 strasbourg , france hamburg , germany 220px german chemistry university of göttingen 6 december 1835 fittig reaction ira remsen davy medal -lrb- 1906 -rrb- rudolph_fittig2 . jpg wilhelm rudolph fittig
 wilhelm rudolph fittig university of göttingen
wilhelm rudolph fittig

wilhelm rudolph fittig -lrb- 6 december 1835 -- 19 november 1910 -rrb- 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 .
