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,
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