EARTH-SHATTERING SYNTHESIS OF UREA by Friedrich Wöhler in 1828: “the synthesis of this small organic molecule was earth-shattering news. Chemists believed there was a clear distinction between molecules from living beings (referred to as ‘organic’) and those from nonliving origin (‘inorganic’), and a ‘vital force’ present only in living organisms was required to convert the inorganic into organic. This was a key nail in the coffin of vitalism.””
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022