2006-11-30 08:27:16 · 10 answers · asked by Jimmy W 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
everything that has carbon is organic
at least chemistry wise, it even includes most pesticides
they should have chosen another name for clean healthy food
2006-11-30 08:30:36 · answer #1 · answered by kurticus1024 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its available bonding positions are occupied by a proton (hydrogen), and if not hydrogen, then either with another carbon or some sort of functional group (-OH, -NH2, -halogen, etc).
The most common thing to think of is a carbon chain in the form:
C(H3) - C(H2) - C(H2) - ... - C(H3), and the like. But it doesn't have to be a chain to be organic. Methane, CH4, is an organic molecule with 1 carbon, as is methanol (CH3OH). The chain is typical, though, if you're not talking about "methane" variations.
ALSO***
Just because a molecule has carbon does NOT necessarily make it organic. This is a common mistake. Carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, Nickel carbonyl, and many others are NOT organic...even though they may look that way.
2006-11-30 08:33:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's really just definition. Organic Chemistry is concerned with compounds containing the Element Carbon.
The organic term is basically utilised because all known life is built around Carbon and carbon chains, with funtional groups of other elements. These compunds perform the "organic" or "bio-chemical" reactions in all living things.
2006-11-30 08:37:53 · answer #3 · answered by Bohdisatva 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a while, early chemists believed that chemicals making up animate matter, or life, was distinct from chemicals making up inanimate matter. "Organic" refers to animate matter, while, "inorganic" refers to inanimate matter. Since then, chemists have learned that there isn't really a big distinction between the two, after all, but that one notable difference is that biochemistry is carbon-based, or making a lot of use of carbon. So, "organic chemistry" now refers to carbon-based chemicals. This is just a matter of convention and history, however.
Additional: Guenther is right on target, give him the points.
2006-11-30 08:32:52 · answer #4 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard carbon itself referred to as organic. Molecules that contain carbon are called organic molecules because all organisms are made of molecules that contain carbon.
2006-11-30 08:32:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-14 09:54:47 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
carbon is organic, it is found naturally in the world
2006-11-30 08:30:15 · answer #7 · answered by CrazdSquirel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
organic in chemistry refers to carbon containing molecules or atoms.
2006-11-30 08:28:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it comes from natural substances .
2006-11-30 08:35:15 · answer #9 · answered by c-h-o-n 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it pays more for it's vegetables
2006-11-30 08:28:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋