Organic Chemistry

• Organic compounds


  Contain CARBON, important to life (cells & organisms contain & need organic compounds)
• Organic compounds


  • carbohydrates
  • proteins
  • lipids
  • DNA
• Products containing organic compounds

  • crude oil
  • coal
  • medicines
  • shampoos
  • plastics
  • perfumes
• Not all carbon-containing compounds are organic
• Inorganic carbon-containing compounds


  • CO
  • CN
  • HCO3
  • Carbonate
• Carbon


  Has valence electrons, forms covalent bonds with many other compounds, including itself
• Table 10.1 and Table 10.2 are related
• Vaseline, an organic compound


  Keeps water in the skin
• Hydrocarbons


  Organic compounds containing only H and C
• Families of hydrocarbons


  • Alkanes
  • Alkenes
  • Alkynes
  • Aromatics
• We will study only the first five types of hydrocarbons in this class