This scientist was the first to explain optical isomerism by proposing that carbon is tetrahedral.
This scientist was the first to explain optical isomerism by proposing that carbon is tetrahedral. He stated that a reaction's standard enthalpy change divided by the product of R and temperature equals the log of the equilibrium constant in his namesake equation. A dimensionless number named for him gives the number of particles per formula unit of solute, and is used in equations for colligative properties such as boiling-point elevation and osmotic pressure; that number, often symbolized lower-case i, is his namesake "factor". For 10 points, name this first winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, a Dutch chemist.
This scientist was the first to explain optical isomerism by proposing that carbon is tetrahedral.
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff