Which French chemist was one of the first scientists to synthesise organic compounds such as formic acid, methane and acetylene from their elements?
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 3 i.e. Marcellin Berthelot.
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Berthelot is considered as one of the greatest chemists of all time. He is noted for the Thomsen-Berthelot principle of thermochemistry.
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He synthesized many organic compounds from inorganic substances, providing a large amount of counterevidence to the theory of Jons Jakob Berzelius that organic compounds required organisms in their synthesis.
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Berthelot's chemical work was that all chemical phenomena depend on the action of physical forces which can be determined and measured.