Multiple choice

Barbital is used as hypnotic (sleeping aid). It was first synthesized by

  1. Fischer and Mering

  2. Marcellin Berthelot

  3. Adolf von Baeyer

  4. Robert Bunsen

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Explanation

Barbital was first synthesized in 1902 by German chemists Emil Fischer and Joseph von Mering. They published their discovery in 1903 and it was marketed in 1904 by the Bayer company as “Veronal”.