Okay so there was this chemist named wohler now i have a few questions about him
1) What is his first name
2) WHat did he do
3 can u give me a good site about him?
2007-01-29 08:02:44 · 3 answers · asked by Thank you 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
1) First name Friedrich. Last name Woehler. The "oe" in German can substitute for an "o" with two dots over it (an umlaut). That means that his name his pronounced halfway between "Vaylor" and "Volor."
2) In 1828, he made an "organic" compound from an inorganic salt. He heated amnmonium cyanate and got urea. Urea is in the urine of humans and other mammals. It is a product of nitrogen metabolism. Before then, people believed that "organic" compounds could only be synthesized by living things, according to a "life essence."
3) I'm sure that now you're armed with his full name and enough key words, you can nail your homework dead!
2007-01-29 08:19:14 · answer #1 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His first name is Friedrich.
He laid the foundations of organic chemistry by stating that organic compounds can be synthesized from INORGANIC substances, which at that time was considered not do-able. He proved them wrong by the rearrangement of inorganic ammonium cyanate to organic urea.
Wikipedia.com is a good source.
2007-01-29 16:12:25 · answer #2 · answered by Aldo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're welcome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_W%C3%B6hler
2007-01-29 16:06:10 · answer #3 · answered by Ross P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋