“TEN MILLION COMPOUNDS are known, and of these, 9 million are carbon based. Many were synthesized after Wohler proved that chemical like urea could be synthesized (1828), destroying the Vital Force theory that supposed that organic compounds must come from pre-existing life.” The number of possible chemicals are greater than the number of grains of sand (7.5 x 10(18)).
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