ORGANIC CHEMISTRY Chapter I o humans have used organic compounds and their reactions for thousands of years o As a science, organic chemistry is less than 200 years old o The foundations of organic chemistry were built in the mid-eighteenth century when chemistry was evolving from an alchemists art into a modern science °1770, Torbern Bergman( Swedish):“ organIc” and "inorganic substances 1808, Berzelius(Swedish): Organic chemistry Department of Chemistry, Xiamen UniversityORGANIC CHEMISTRY Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University Chapter 1 Humans have used organic compounds and their reactions for thousands of years. As a science, organic chemistry is less than 200 years old. The foundations of organic chemistry were built in the mid-eighteenth century when chemistry was evolving from an alchemist’s art into a modern science. 1770, Torbern Bergman (Swedish): “organic” and “inorganic” substances. 1808, Berzelius (Swedish): Organic chemistry