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Began to lay the foundation for modern chemistry

Antoine Lavoisier

Proved the “vital force” theory is wrong

Friedrich Woehler

Realized that benzene was composed of carbon and hydrogen atoms in a hexagonal ring

Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz

Introduced quantum chemistry

Linus Pauling

Invented a tyoe of litmus paper which is a pigment used as an indicator of acid and alkalis

Arnold Orville BEckman

First to propose matter and coined the term “atoms”.

Democritus

Demonstrated that plants produce a gas that animals and flames consume

Joseph Priestley

Discovered the chromatography technique for organic compound separation

Mikhail Tsvet

Advanced a three-dimensional stereochemical representation, proposed the theory of tetrahedral carbon and laid the beginning of stereochemistry

Jacobus va’t Hoff and Joseph-Achille Le Bel