Who synthesised acetic acid for the first time?
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 4 i.e. Kolbe
- Kolbe, a leader in the field of organic chemistry, published a method for the synthesis of Acetic acid, the first example of a total synthesis of an important organic compound in 1845.
- He made Carbon disulfide with chlorine and formed carbon tetrachloride as the product.
- It was then followed by decomposition by heat heat to tetrachloroethylene and aqueous chlorination to trichloroacetic acid, and concluded with the electrolytic reduction to acetic acid.