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Chem 3331: Section 1-1
What is vitalism? |
The belief that natural products need a vital force to create them |
What did Friedrich Wöhler do? |
He was the first to make an organic compound from inorganic compounds by converting ammonium cyanate into urea by heating it in the absence of oxygen |
How are plant-derived compounds distinguished from synthesized compounds? |
By C-14 dating because the only difference is that compounds synthesized from petrochemicals have a lower C-14 content because their C-14 has decayed over time whereas plant-derived compounds have been recently synthesized from CO2 |
Name 5 inorganic carbon compounds |
1. Diamond
2. Graphite
3. Carbon dioxide
4. Ammoium cyanate
5. Sodium carbonate |