Homework Help: Chemistry

Posted by John on Monday, January 24, 2011 at 9:15pm.

Why was Wohler's synthesis of urea significant to the field of carbon chemistry?

Please help. Thank you.

Chemistry - DrBob222, Monday, January 24, 2011 at 11:27pm
Until that time, everyone thought that the synthesis (creation) of organic compounds required a "vital force" or a "living force." Wohler's synthesis showed that was not the case. He synthesized an organic compound in the lab without using a living cell.

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