Article ID: CBB001252527

Friedrich Wöhler (1800--1882), on the Bicentennial of His Birth (2001)

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The life and contributions to various areas of chemistry of German chemist Friedrich Wöhler (1800--1882) are briefly sketched. His serendipitous synthesis of urea from ammonium cyanate in 1828, which is dealt with in some detail, challenged the vitalistic theory that organic compounds can be produced only by living organisms and led to today's synthetic chemical industry and its host of products that we take for granted

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Authors & Contributors
Kauffman, George B.
Travis, Anthony S.
Deichmann, Ute
Büttner, Johannes
John A. McCarthy
Wilson, Jennifer
Concepts
Chemistry
Memorials; commemorations
Biochemistry
Organic chemistry
Vitalism
Inventors and invention
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
18th century
21st century
Places
Germany
Palestine
Scotland
United States
Sweden
Israel
Institutions
Heidelberg Universität
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften
Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft
Universität Göttingen
Universität Bonn
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