OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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Question
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In 1828, Friedrich Wöhler artificially produced urea (organic compound) by an internal rearrangement of the atoms of ammonium cyanate (inorganic compound). What important principle did this experiment show?
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Organic compounds can be synthesised without the need of a vital force
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Inorganic compounds are essential for living organisms.
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Organic compounds are simpler substances than inorganic compounds.
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Vitalism
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Wöhler’s 1828 synthesis has historically been presented as the beginning of Organic Chemistry, as the first in vitro synthesis of a carbon-based chemical compound otherwise produced only in vivo by living systems.
Detailed explanation-2: -Urea was the first organic compound to be prepared in the laboratory, which was synthesized by chance. It was prepared by Friedrich Wohler, a German chemist in the year 1828. Wohler synthesized urea from an inorganic compound, ammonium cyanate.
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