Organic Chemistry
Study of carbon-based compounds β includes plastics, medicines, fuels and all biomolecules
Key Facts
- 1
Carbon can form 4 bonds and chains/rings β why it forms millions of compounds (carbohydrates, proteins, fats, DNA)
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Hydrocarbons: methane (CHβ), ethanol (CβHβ OH), glucose (CβHββOβ) β basis of fuels, alcohol, sugars
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Polymers: long chains of repeating units β plastics (polyethylene), nylon, natural rubber, DNA, proteins
π¬ Did you know? Friedrich WΓΆhler synthesised urea (an organic compound) from inorganic materials in 1828 β disproving the "vital force" theory that only living things could make organic compounds
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Category
Chemistry
Country
π Germany
Year / Era
1828
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Study of carbon-based compounds β includes plastics, medicines, fuels and all biomolecules