Carbon can atoms can form four covalent bonds with many, many different elements.
All organic compounds have carbon as a common characteristic.
Carbon has four electrons in its valence shell (outershell). Since this energy shell can hold eight electrons, each carbon atom can share electrons with up to four different atoms. Carbon can combine with other elements as well as with itself. This allows carbon to form many different compounds.
Organic compounds contain carbon atoms, which give them the characteristic of forming complex structures due to carbon's ability to form strong and stable covalent bonds with other elements like hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and other carbon atoms. This feature allows for the diversity and complexity of organic molecules, which is not typically found in inorganic compounds.
All organic compounds feature the element carbon.
No, inorganic compounds do not typically contain carbon-hydrogen bonds. These types of bonds are characteristic of organic compounds, which are based on carbon atoms covalently bonded to hydrogen atoms. Inorganic compounds often involve elements other than carbon and hydrogen.
All inorganic compounds lack carbon-hydrogen (C-H) bonds, which are characteristic of organic compounds. Inorganic compounds typically contain elements other than carbon bonded together through ionic or covalent bonds.
All inorganic compounds lack carbon-hydrogen (C-H) bonds. Carbon-hydrogen bonds are characteristic of organic compounds.
H2O (water) is an inorganic compound, not an organic compound. Inorganic compounds do not contain carbon-hydrogen (C-H) bonds, which are characteristic of organic compounds.
Carbon is the defining element of organic chemistry. However, some carbon compounds (such as the carbonate ion) can be considered inorganic. More strictly, organic molecules have carbon-hydrogen bonds.
Covalent Bonds
Any compound MUST be made up of atoms of more that one type - otherwise they are not compounds. The only common characteristic of organic compounds is that they contain atoms of carbon, but a lump of pure carbon need not be organic.
C2H3F3O is considered organic because it contains carbon, which is a characteristic element of organic compounds. Organic compounds are generally derived from living organisms and contain carbon-hydrogen bonds.