== Ontdekking ==De verbinding is in 1828 ontdekt door Justus von Liebig en Friedrich Wöhler in de vervolgstudies na de ontdekking van de ureumsynthese. ###>==Discovery==The compound was discovered by Justus von Liebig and Friedrich Wöhler following the discovery of urea in 1828 and is one of the oldest named organic compounds that exist.