Section: HISTORY OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY | General Chemistry II | NUEL

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· Early ideas about organic compounds were rooted in vitalism, the belief that organic substances were endowed with a "vital force" that distinguished them from inorganic compounds. organic substances were endowed with a "vital force" that distinguished them from inorganic compounds. It was thought that living organisms had a special force that could produce organic compounds.
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  Vitalism (17th-18th centuries):
  
  · Early ideas about organic compounds were rooted in vitalism, the belief that organic substances were endowed with a "vital force" that distinguished them from inorganic compounds. organic substances were endowed with a "vital force" that distinguished them from inorganic compounds. It was thought that living organisms had a special force that could produce organic compounds.