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’?

Correct option is A

The correct answer is (a) Herbert C. Brown.

• Herbert C. Brown shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1979 with Georg Wittig for their work on developing the use of boron- and phosphorus-containing compounds as key reagents in organic synthesis.
• Brown's work focused on boron-containing compounds, particularly organoboranes, which became crucial reagents in organic chemistry for synthesis reactions.

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