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The credit for preparing the first organic compounds in the laboratory went to:

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Berzellius
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Wohler
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Kolbe
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Berthelot
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Solution

The correct option is B Wohler
The first organic compound in the laboratory was urea (Co(NH2)2). The credit for preparing went to Friedrich Wohler, a German chemist in the year 1828. Urea was synthesized from an inorganic compound, ammonium cyanate by Wohler.

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