Organic Chemistry Some Basic Principles And Techniques Ques 10
10. The first organic compound, synthesized in the laboratory, was
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(a) alcohol
(b) acetic acid
(c) urea
(d) none of these
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Answer:
Correct Answer: 10.(c)
Solution:
- (c) Urea is the first organic compound synthesized in the laboratory by wohler.
The vital force theory suffered first death blow in $1828$ when Wohler synthesized the $Ist$ organic compound urea in the laboratory from inorganic compounds reported below :
$ NH_4 CNO \xrightarrow[\text{ rearrangement leading }]{\text{ to isomeric charge }} \underset{\text{ Urea }}{NH_2 CONH_2} $
Later on a further blow to vital force theory was given by Kolbe $(1845)$ who prepared acetic acid, the first organic compound, in laboratory from its elements.
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