Multiple choice

Who discovered the first synthetic organic dye?

  1. William Henry Perkin

  2. J.Takamine

  3. K .Tanaka

  4. Edward Lawrie Tatum

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Explanation

The first human-made (synthetic) organic dye, mauveine, was discovered serendipitously by William Henry Perkin in 1856. Many thousands of synthetic dyes have since been prepared.

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