organic compound
Carbon-containing chemical substance
An organic compound is a chemical substance containing carbon atoms bonded to other elements, typically hydrogen, oxygen, or nitrogen.
The term originated when chemists believed such compounds could only come from living organisms, though this was later disproven.
Organic compounds include fuels, plastics, proteins, and DNA—essentially the chemical basis of life and most synthetic materials.
Methane is the simplest organic compound.
- hydrocarbonAll-carbon-and-hydrogen compound
- moleculeBonded atomic group
- double bondTwo shared electron pairs
- carbohydrateSugar or starch compound
- lipidWater-insoluble organic compound
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organic compoundmineral
Naturally formed crystalline solid
rock · metallic element · ore · crystal
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