Organic compoond

Methane is ane o the simplest organic compoonds

An organic compoond is ony member o a muckle cless o gaseous, liquid, or solit chemical compoonds whose molecules contain carbon. For historical reasons discussed ablo, a few types o carbon-containin compoonds sic as carbides, carbonates, semple oxides o carbon (sic as CO an CO₂), an cyanides are considered inorganic. The distinction atween organic an inorganic carbon compoonds, while "uisefu in organizin the vast subject o chemistry... is somewhit arbitrary."

Organic chemistry is the science concerned wi aw aspects o organic compoonds. Organic synthesis is the methodology o thair preparation.