A) Friedrich Wohler
B) Berzelius
C) Kolbe
D) Berthelot
Correct Answer: A
Solution :
German chemist Friedrich Wohler in 1828, syhthesised the organic compound urea for the first time in laboratory. Due to this experiment, vital force theory of organic compounds was rejected. \[\underset{\underbrace{\begin{smallmatrix} Ammonia\,\,\,\,\,\,\,Hydrogen \\ \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,cyanate \end{smallmatrix}}_{\begin{smallmatrix} Inorganic \\ compounds \end{smallmatrix}}}{\mathop{N{{H}_{3}}+HCNO}}\,\xrightarrow{{}}\underset{\begin{smallmatrix} ammonium \\ cyanate \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{N{{H}_{4}}CNO}}\,\] \[N{{H}_{4}}CNO\xrightarrow[{}]{\Delta }\underset{\underbrace{\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,urea\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,}_{\begin{smallmatrix} Organic \\ compound \end{smallmatrix}}}{\mathop{N{{H}_{2}}CON{{H}_{2}}}}\,\]
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