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Gifts of Organic Chemistry
At first glance, the term “organic chemistry” might sound like something removed from our everyday life, but this will be further from the truth. The reality of the role played by organic chemistry in modern existence is summed up in a famous advertising slogan used by E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (usually referred to as “du Pont”): “Better Things for Better Living Through Chemistry.” Often rendered simply as “Better Living through Chemistry,” the advertising campaign made its debut in 1938, just as du Pont introduced a revolutionary product of organic chemistry: nylon, the creation of a brilliant young chemist named Wallace Carothers. Nylon, a polymer, started a revolution in plastics that is still unfolding many decades later. Read the rest of this entry »