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Which chemist was the first to express the difference between organic and inorganic substances?
Which chemist was the first to express the difference between organic and inorganic substances?
- Torbern Bergman (correct)
- Friedrich Wohler
- Jons Jacob Berzelius
- None of them
What are organic compounds obtained from?
What are organic compounds obtained from?
- Mineral and rock deposits
- Plants and animals (correct)
- Living organisms
- All of the above
What is the definition of organic compounds?
What is the definition of organic compounds?
- Compounds derived from biological sources
- Compounds with vital force
- Compounds obtained from living sources
- All of the above (correct)
Who coined the term 'organic chemistry' for the study of compounds derived from biological sources?
Who coined the term 'organic chemistry' for the study of compounds derived from biological sources?
What did Friedrich Wohler discover in 1828?
What did Friedrich Wohler discover in 1828?