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Research gave the unexpected result that, by combination of cyanic acid with ammonia, urea is formed. A noteworthy fact since it furnishes an example of the artificial production of an organic—indeed, a so-called animal—substance from inorganic materials!

Friedrich Wöhler

In a manner of speaking, I can no longer hold my chemical water. I must tell you that I can make urea without the use of kidneys of any animal, be it man or dog. Ammonium cyanate is urea.

Friedrich Wöhler

Organic chemistry nowadays almost drives one mad. To me it appears like a primeval tropical forest full of the most remarkable things; a dreadful, endless jungle into which one dare not enter, for there seems no way out.

Friedrich Wöhler

Organic chemistry just now is enough to drive one mad. It gives one the impression of a primeval, tropical forest full of the most remarkable things, a monstrous and boundless thicket, with no way of escape, into which one may well dread to enter.

Friedrich Wöhler

No other substance in organic chemistry attracts the attention of the physiologist and chemist to a higher degree than uric acid.

Friedrich Wöhler

Friedrich Wöhler

Friedrich Wöhler

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Born: July 31, 1800

Died: September 23, 1882 (aged 82)

Bio: Friedrich Wöhler was a German chemist, best known for his synthesis of urea, but also the first to isolate several chemical elements.

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