有机化学起源早在1808年瑞士大化学家柏济力阿斯(Berzelius)假设化学有两个独立分支:无机化学和有机化学。当然,柏济力阿斯的这种分类并没有认识到矿物质非常简单,特性比较稳定;而生命物质是非常复杂,易变的材料,并且由于不稳定很难说明其特征。不久,化学家认识到碳原子是有机物质共有的成分;在没有大量了解碳化学之前,想使生命物质的化学研究取得进展是非常困难的,所以从19世纪20年代起,有机化学家不断转向碳化合物的化学(在煤焦油中发现了丰富的碳化合物资源)。复杂的,很难处理的“有 The origin of organic chemistry As early as 1808 Swiss chemist Berzelius assumed two separate branches of chemistry: inorganic chemistry and organic chemistry. Of course, this classification of Berjerlias does not recognize that minerals are very simple and characteristically stable, whereas living matter is a very complex and volatile material and its character is hard to characterize due to instability. Soon after, chemists realized that carbon was a common ingredient in organic matter; it was very difficult to make progress in chemical research of living matter without a great deal of understanding of carbon chemistry, so organic chemists have been shifting from the 1820s Chemistry of carbon compounds (abundant carbon compounds found in coal tar). Complex, hard to handle "there