Chapter 1: introduction Flashcards
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Friedrich W. Serturner
Isolated morphine
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
First to report discrete chemicals
Michel E. Chevreul
Isolated creatine
Pierre J. Pelletier and Joseph Caventou
Isolated strychnine, a poisonous compound
Justus Liebig
Perfected the science of analysis of organic compounds
Antoine Lavoisier
Created elemental analysis
Jons J. von Berzelius
Described substances obtained from living organisms as organic compounds
Charles F. Gerhardt
Vital force theory
Friedrich Wohler
Synthesized urea
Pierre-Eugene-Marcellin Berthelot
Showed all classes of organic compounds could be synthesized
Charles A. Wurtz
Discovered amines
Amines
Compounds containing nitrogen
Stereochemistry
3D representation that corresponds to the spatial relationship of the atoms or groups