Organic Chemistry

Definition: Organic Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

Noun

1. The chemistry of compounds containing carbon (originally defined as the chemistry of substances produced by living organisms but now extended to substances synthesized artificially).

Synonyms within Context: Organic Chemistry

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Organization	Biology; natural history, organic chemistry, anatomy, physiology; zoology; botany; microbiology, virology, bacteriology, mycology; naturalist.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Specialty Definition: Organic chemistry

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Organic chemistry is the branch of chemistry concerned with the study of carbon-containing molecules known as organic compounds (except carbon dioxide and monoxide). Although there is an overlap with biochemistry, the latter is the specific study of the molecules made by living organisms.

Some of the classes of substances studied in organic chemistry include: aliphatic compounds which deals with chains of carbon which can be modified by functional groups; aromatic compounds which are compounds having a benzene ring or similar group; heterocyclic compounds, compounds which include non-carbon atoms as part of a ring structure; physiologically active compounds which have an effect on the human body; and polymers - long chains of repeating groups.

Aliphatic compounds

Hydrocarbons -- Alkanes -- Alkenes -- Dienes or Alkadienes -- Alkynes -- Halogenoalkanes - Alcohols -- Ethers -- Aldehydes -- Ketones - Carboxylic acids -- Esters -- Carbohydrates -- Alicyclic compounds -- Lipids

Concepts

Organic nomenclature -- Chemical formula -- structural formula -- skeletal formula --Organic reaction

Characteristics of organic substances

The reason that there are so many carbon compounds is that carbon has the ability to form many carbon chains of different lengths, and rings of different sizes (catenation). A lot of carbon compounds are extremely sensitive to heat, and generally decompose below 300'C. They tend not to be so soluble in water compared to many inorganic salts. In contrast to such salts, they tend to be much more soluble in organic solvents such as ether or alcohol. Organic compounds are covalently bonded.

Organic chemistry textbook at Wikibooks.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Organic chemistry."

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Crosswords: Organic Chemistry

English words defined with "organic chemistry": biochemistry ♦ Diazo reactions. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Organic Chemistry

Domain	Title
Books	Organic Chemistry (3rd Edition) (reference) Organic Chemistry (Test Yourself) (reference) OrgoCards: Organic Chemistry Review (reference) Schaum's Easy Outline: Organic Chemistry (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Chemtracts : Organic Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (reference) American Chemical Society Division Of Organic Chemistry Membership (reference) Journal Of Organic Chemistry (reference) Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii Journal Of Organic Chemistry (reference) Synlett - Accounts And Rapid Communication In Synthetic Organic Chemistry (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	The Standard Deviants: Organic Chemistry, Part 3 (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Organic Chemistry

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
organic chemistry	605
journal of organic chemistry	36
organic chemistry help	36
organic chemistry tutorial	23
organic chemistry nomenclature	10
basic organic chemistry	8
organic chemistry test	8
organic chemistry synthesis	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Organic Chemistry

Language		Translations for "organic chemistry"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		organisk kemi. (various references)

Dutch		organische scheikunde, organische chemie. (various references)

French		chimie organique. (various references)

German		organische chemie. (various references)

Greek		οργανική χημεία. (various references)

Hungarian		szerves kémia. (various references)

Italian		chimica organica. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		有機化学 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ゆうきかがく. (various references)

Manx		kemmig orgaanagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		organicay emistrychay

Portuguese		química orgânica. (various references)

Romanian		chimie (chemistry). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		organska hemija. (various references)

Spanish		qumica orgnica. (various references)

Thai		อินทรีย์เคมี. (various references)

Turkish		organik kimya. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Organic Chemistry

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet

5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography

Organic Chemistry

Definition: Organic Chemistry