2006-09-18 14:17:09 · 8 answers · asked by 1hotmama 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Technically speaking you can say that Carbon Tetrachloride, CCl4, is an organic compound. The others are not organic because in chemistry the word "organic" means "containing carbon compounds".
2006-09-18 14:23:51 · answer #1 · answered by Alan Turing 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Carbon tetrachloride (or tetrachloromethane) is considered to be organic by most chemists. The rest do not contain carbon.
2006-09-18 22:21:20 · answer #2 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because none of them contain carbon AND hydrogen.
2006-09-18 21:27:01 · answer #3 · answered by Oscar Letraud 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they are all componds that have ionic bonds. Organic compounds usually have covalent bonds
2006-09-18 21:22:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
None of them contain hydrocarbons.
2006-09-18 21:18:52 · answer #5 · answered by Albannach 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they don't contain the element of carbon
2006-09-18 21:19:29 · answer #6 · answered by CrazdSquirel 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No carbon...thus they don't biodegrade
2006-09-18 21:23:53 · answer #7 · answered by Kenneth S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they dont have carbon in them.
2006-09-18 21:19:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋