Wednesday 8 May 2013

WELCOME TO CARBON WORLD

Organic compound......

       - compounds that could be obtained from  living organisms.

     - contain H as well as C, while other common elements are oxygen, nitrogen, the halogen , sulfur and phosphorus.

     - exist as simple or complex molecules;  as gases, liquids or solid and coloured or colourless.


§Not all C compound are organic.

  Eg: carbonate (CO32-), cyanide (CN-), bicarbonate (HCO3-) and carbon monoxide (CO) are NOT organic compounds.



Caffeine

Glucose


Penicillin





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