Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Introduction To Organic Chemistry

- Organic chemistry: The study of carbon compounds from living thing which contains C, H, O, S, P and halogens(F, Cl, Br, I)

- Essential in all aspects of life whether it is living or non-living matters.

- Have extensive uses in many fields such as medical, agriculture, engineering and biotechnology.

-Can be divided into several subtopics:

Empirical, molecular and structural formulae

Functional groups and homologous series

Isomerism (Covered in the next post)

Organic Reactions

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