what are organic and inorganic substances?

Substances which contain one or more carbon atoms bonded with each other or another element or radical like hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, halogens, phosphorus, silicon and sulfur are called organic compounds except carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, carbonates, cyanides, cyanates, carbides, and thiocyanates etc.which are considered inorganic.

Examples of organic compounds are hydrocarbons, carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids etc.

Whereas,

Substances which donot contain carbon are called inorganic substances. Example: NaCl, H2SO4, AlCl3, NH4OH, B2O3 etc.

 

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The name organic chemistry derives from the early concept that substances of plant or animal origin (organic substances) were different from those of mineral origin (inorganic substances). In the middle of the nineteenth century, however, the idea that organic substances could only be synthesized by living organisims was gradually discounted. Not only has a large number of natural products been synthesized in the laboratory, but also countless related materials have been made that do not occur in nature. All these compounds contain carbon. Over a million carbon compounds are known.
Because it represents a cnvenient division of chemistry, the term organic chemistry is retained, but it is now commonly defined as the chemistry of carbon and its compounds. However, sice some carbon compunds such as carbonates, carbides, and cyanides are traditionally classed as inorganic compounds, organic chemistry is probably better defined as the chemistry hydrocarbons (compounds containing only carbon and hydrogen and there derivatites.
Carbon forms an unusually large number of compounds because of its exceptional ability to catenate. In addition, the carbon atom can form four very stable,single-covalent bonds; it also has the ability to form multiple bonds with other carbon atoms or with atoms of other elements.


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 thank you rishabh.

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