Why are carbonmonoxide and carbondioxide not considered as carbon compounds?

Answer 1

Hey they do regarded as carbon compounds.
But they are studied seperately because of their
1. Great stability unlike other carbon compounds.
2. These have simple chemistry like wise other compounds. They do differ in hydrocarbons as lack of catenation and property to form multiple bonds with the same oxygen atoms.

Answer 2

The name "organic" is a historical name, dating back to 19th century, when it was believed that organic compounds could only be synthesised in living organisms through vis vitalis - the "life-force". The theory that organic compounds were fundamentally different from those that were "inorganic", that is, not synthesized through a life-force, was disproved with the synthesis of urea, an "organic" compound by definition of its known occurrence only in the urine of living organisms, from potassium cyanate and ammonium sulfate by Friedrich Wöhler in the Wöhler synthesis. The kinds of carbon compounds that are still traditionally considered inorganic are those that were considered inorganic before Wöhler's time; that is, those which came from "inorganic" (i.e., lifeless) sources such as minerals.

Answer 3

It's a carbon compound but not a hydrocarbon because
1. It's dosen't have hydrgen
2. It will not able to form long chain( Catenation )

Answer 4

Who says they're not. They are made of carbon and thus are carbon containing compounds.