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The first organic substance ever prepared in the laboratory from the inorganic compound is:

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urea
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ethyl alcohol
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methane
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ethane
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Solution

The correct option is B urea

Urea was the first organic compound to be prepared in the laboratory, which was synthesized by chance. It was prepared by Friedrich Wohler, a German chemist in the year 1828. Wohler synthesized urea from an inorganic compound, ammonium cyanate.


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