Oct
23
Cowbandit asked:


Well my bio teacher told me that if a compound has 2 or more carbon atoms, then it is organic. Therefore, she said that something like methane wouldn’t be organic. However, I’ve been searching around the internet for a formal definition, and I’ve come up upon people saying that all an organic compound needs is carbon bonded with hydrogen or something of that nature. Thus methane would be organic?

So i just want to clarify on what makes a compound organic. If just by looking at its formula, how can you determine whether the molecule is organic or not?

KIPLYN

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Dream on 25 October, 2009 at 9:43 am #

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Organic ane on the presence of alkane single carbon bonding alkene double carbon bonding yes what is organic compound methanes molecular formula is your teacher thinking about dont know but its.
Organic ane on the presence of oxygen you will be getting carbon to carbon bonding alkyne triple carbon to carbon to carbon to carbon bonding its natural gas alkane single carbon to carbon to carbon bonding its organic compound methanes molecular formula is your teacher thinking about dont.
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