History Flashcards
branch of chemistry that deals with compounds of carbon
Organic Chemistry
What are the important theory in history of organic chemistry?
Vital Force Theory
Friedrich Wohler
Structural Theory
Organic compounds originated from living materials, either plants or animals.
Such materials possess force and compounds that are extremely difficult to synthesize in the laboratory.
Vital Force Theory
He synthesized urea in the laboratory from the inorganic compound, ammonium
Cyanate. Urea is a component of urine, and thereby ending the concept of vitalism
Friedrich Wohler
Friedrich Wohler synthesized urea in the laboratory from the inorganic compound ___________
ammonium Cyanate
Chemical formula of producing urea from ammonium cyanate
NH_4CNO -> (heat added) (NH_2)_2CO
1 Atoms in an organic compound have fixed number of bonds. This combining
ability is termed as valence.
2 Carbon can form bonds with another carbon atom accounting for a high
percentage of carbon in most organic compounds. This ability of carbon is
called catenation.
Structural Theory
Carbon can form bonds with another carbon atom accounting for a high
percentage of carbon in most organic compounds. This ability of carbon is called catenation.
Structural Theory
Organic compounds have bonds which is a combining
ability is termed as _____________
valence
Carbon can form bonds with another carbon atom accounting for a high
percentage of carbon in most organic compounds. This ability of carbon is called _____________.
catenation