Organic Chemistry
... 9 Organic Chemistry Slide 2: Definition of Organic Chemistry Before 1800 scientists thought that organic compounds could only be synthesized by living organisms. So organic chemistry was defined as the study of compounds derived from living organisms. ... Today, organic chemistry is the study of the chemistry of carbon while the study of all of the other elements is inorganic chemistry. Slide 3: Examples of Organic Compounds Organic compounds are diverse and abundant comprising about 95% of all compounds and chemists are still at work synthesizing more. What are some of these organic compounds? ... Slide 4-5: Carbon, a Unique Element (LO 1-2) Why is a whole branch of study devoted to the chemistry of one element, carbon? ... Slide 6: Molecular and Structural Formulas (LO 3) There are several ways that chemical formulas of organic compounds are represented, depending on the information being conveyed. ... Slide 7-13: Hydrocarbons: Alkanes (LO 5 -7) The simplest type of organic compounds is the hydrocarbons – compounds that consist of C and H atoms only. ... Double and triple bonds between C atoms can also be formed, and organic compounds can have combinations of these 3 types of bonding. ... Alcohols (LO 12-14, 16) As we mentioned earlier, there are numerous organic compounds. ... Organic compounds are divided into groups or families that share similar features structurally and similar physical and chemical properties. ... A functional group is a group of atoms with a specific structure that is present in organic compounds and is responsible for its characteristic physical and chemical properties. The alkanes or saturated hydrocarbons form the backbone of organic compounds and is one of the families. ... (LO 7, 16) Be able to identify what family a n organic compound belongs to from its formula, by looking at the functional groups present. ... Slide 43: Amines (LO 7, 16) Amines are nitrogen containing organic compounds, derived from ammonia, NH3 where the hydrogens are replaced by 1, 2, or 3 carbons.