What was the Vital force theory and how did organic chemistry replace it?

The vital force theory was put forward by Swedish chemist BERZELIUS in 1815. According to this theory, organic compounds could be produced only under the influence of some mysterious force existing in living organisms. This mysterious force was called vital force. Since such a mysterious force cannot be created artificially, it is impossible to synthesize organic compounds in the synthesize organic compounds in the laboratory.

Organic chemistry is the subdiscipline for the scientific research of structure, properties, and the reaction of organic compounds and organic materials. Before the nineteenth century, chemists believed that compounds obtained from living organisms were endowed with a vital force that distinguished then from inorganic compounds. According to the abstraction of vitalism, organic matter was endowed with a “vital force.”