Daniela
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What is Organic Chemistry?
What is Organic Chemistry?
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arsphenamine
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The term is historical. It meant compounds found in and created by biological systems. Their creation was thought to require a "vital force", itself
a recrudescent phlogiston theory perhaps.
After Wohler synthesized urea from inorganic compounds ~200 yrs ago, the vital force requirement was in final disrepute.
Today, organic chemistry is the study of compounds comprised of hydrogen in combination with 1st and 2nd row elements. It is not exclusive to those,
only often those.
[Edited on 15-3-2013 by arsphenamine]
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You're answering spam . . .
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where's the hyperlink though? Not very usefull to the spammer, I woulnt think. It is unlike the vast majority of advertisment based spam we get.
U.T.F.S.E. and learn the joys of autodidacticism!
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The link wasn't posted but it's spam, nonetheless . . .
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Quote: Originally posted by arsphenamine  |
Today, organic chemistry is the study of compounds comprised of hydrogen in combination with 1st and 2nd row elements. It is not
exclusive to those, only often those. |
Bolding mine.
Not carbon?
I once had a student who laughed out loud when I told the class we'd be covering organic chemistry later in the semester. Apparently, "organic" means
"without chemicals", so I obviously blundered by making such a statement.
[Edited on 15-3-2013 by DraconicAcid]
Please remember: "Filtrate" is not a verb.
Write up your lab reports the way your instructor wants them, not the way your ex-instructor wants them.
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| Quote: Originally posted by arsphenamine |
I once had a student who laughed out loud when I told the class we'd be covering organic chemistry later in the semester. Apparently, "organic" means
"without chemicals", so I obviously blundered by making such a statement.
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wow! what a strange world we live in! how old was this kid?
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My mother-in-law thought it had to do with growing organic vegetables. 
The single most important condition for a successful synthesis is good mixing - Nicodem
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| Quote: Originally posted by neptunium | | Quote: Originally posted by arsphenamine |
I once had a student who laughed out loud when I told the class we'd be covering organic chemistry later in the semester. Apparently, "organic" means
"without chemicals", so I obviously blundered by making such a statement.
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wow! what a strange world we live in! how old was this kid? |
In the twenty-five to thirty range, I think. When I told them that "everything we eat is a chemical", it was interpreted as meaning, "I refuse to eat
anything but McDonald's."
Please remember: "Filtrate" is not a verb.
Write up your lab reports the way your instructor wants them, not the way your ex-instructor wants them.
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Nicodem
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That branch of materials science where atoms do as they
damn well please and you can't do anything about it.
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OK, Organic chemistry includes Orangic chemistry which deals exclusive with what you make when you eat too many oranges.
Am I close, or do I have to stand back (for safey of course)?
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| Quote: Originally posted by DraconicAcid | | Quote: Originally posted by neptunium | | Quote: Originally posted by arsphenamine |
I once had a student who laughed out loud when I told the class we'd be covering organic chemistry later in the semester. Apparently, "organic" means
"without chemicals", so I obviously blundered by making such a statement.
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wow! what a strange world we live in! how old was this kid? |
In the twenty-five to thirty range, I think. When I told them that "everything we eat is a chemical", it was interpreted as meaning, "I refuse to eat
anything but McDonald's." |
LOL! Your student is a genius. Organic chemistry as defined by Science madness is all about the carbon-carbon bond, no?
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Not just as defined by SciMad, that's the practical, IUPAC-approved definition as far as I know.
I swear, there's a nut for every idea. 'Organic' has now come to mean 'without chemicals', when what that really means is 'grown without pesticides,
insecticides, etc. that may be harmful to the human system but help the plants to grow better'. Us chemists know better.
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