Organic compounds contain carbon.
Organic compounds always contain a carbon atom.
Organic Compound (ie Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins) all contain Carbon and Hydrogen.
Carbon and hydrogen
Hydrocarbons. (oils, fats)
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.
AnswerThe key element is carbon. Organic compounds are all carbon-containing compounds.
Organic molecules are the chemicals of life, compounds composed of more than one type of element, that are found in, and produced by, living organisms. The feature that distinguishes an organic from inorganic molecule is that organic contain carbon-hydrogen bonds, whereas inorganic molecules do not. The four major classes of organic molecules include carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and nucleic acids.
C3 Photosynthetic pathways are the carbon fixation pathways used by cacti and other such desert plants. In this type of carbon fixation pathway there are 3 initial products that contain 3-carbon compounds.
carbon compounds
Compounds with both ionic and covalent bonds contain polyatomic ions.
Organic compounds are generally defined as those compounds which have carbon-hydrogen bonds; Compounds without such bonds are called inorganic compounds. Thus, carbonic acid is an inorganic compound. http://www.science.edu.sg/ssc/detailed.jsp?artid=6699&type=6&root=5&parent=5&cat=76
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