1. What nineteenth-century idea claimed that only living organisms could produce organic compounds through a special vital force?
2. Which event showed that an organic compound could be made from an inorganic starting material in the laboratory?
3. Which structural representation shows covalent bonds as shared electron pairs and also includes lone pairs on atoms?
Vitalism — idea?
Organic compounds only from living organisms.
Wöhler urea synthesis — significance?
Disproved vitalism by making urea from inorganic materials.
Catenation — ability?
Atoms of the same element bond to form chains and rings.
Organic chemistry — definition?
Study of carbon compounds excluding certain oxides and salts.
Lewis structure — shows?
Covalent bonds with shared electron pairs and lone pairs.
Structural formula — depicts?
Covalent bonds between atoms with dashes for bonds.
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