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Who is known as the father of organic chemistry ?

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Issac Newton
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Galileo
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Friedrich Wohler
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Narendra Modi
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The correct option is C Friedrich Wohler
Wöhler's synthesis of an organic compound from inorganic chemicals without involving living organisms is widely regarded as the starting point of modern organicchemistry.
He has been dubbed “the father of organic chemistry

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