Chemistry: Matter and Change
Chemistry: Matter and Change
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ISBN: 9780078746376
Author: Dinah Zike, Laurel Dingrando, Nicholas Hainen, Cheryl Wistrom
Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub Co
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Chapter 21, Problem 38A
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The reason for the development of the field of organic chemistry by Wohler’s discovery should be explained.

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A class of chemical compounds where one or more carbon atoms are bonded with other or to atoms of other elements, most commonly H,  O,  or N via covalent bond is said to be organic compound.

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Till 1807, the chemists believed that one material cannot be made from the other that is the synthesis of organic compounds is impossible and only living organism can produce them. In 1828, Friedrich Wohler synthesize urea (compound found in animal urine) from ammonium cyanate, a mineral as:

H4NO-CNΔH2NCONH2

He was the first scientist to produce synthetic organic compound in a laboratory. Thus, this synthesis motivates other chemists to explore the synthesis of organic compounds. Hence, organic compounds could be synthesized and studied in laboratory.

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Chemistry: Matter and Change

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