How did organic chemistry originate?
In the late 1700s and early 1800s, organic natural products were isolated by Scheele, and Chevreuil separated carboxylic acids from saponification of fats. Organic chemistry had started. Lavoisier invented and Berzelius improved combustion analysis for organic characterization. How did organic chemistry start during the ancient times? During the first half of the nineteenth century, some … Read more