Organic Chemistry

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Organic Chemistry

This branch of chemistry deals with all carbon containing compounds. By some defn, it should contain a C-H or C-C bond to be considered an organic compound.  i.e CCl4, CO2, HCN (hydrogen Cyanide) are not considered organic (considered Inorganic), even though they all contain Carbon.

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Organic compounds are very important to study. Due to carbon's ability to catenate (form chains with other carbon atoms), millions of organic compounds are known. Although organic compounds make up only a small percentage of Earth's crust, they are of central importance because all known life is based on organic compounds. Living things as plants incorporate inorganic carbon compounds into organic compounds (simple sugars) through a network of processes using CO2, H2O and sunlight. Most synthetically-produced organic compounds are ultimately derived from petrochemicals consisting mainly of Hydrocarbons, which are themselves formed from the high pressure and temperature degradation of organic matter underground over geological timescales. However in modern times, organic compounds are no longer defined as compounds originating in living things, as they were historically.

Dot diagram: Easy way to represent organic compounds.