Why are there so many organic compounds?

Answer 1

Mainly because carbon is unusual in being able to form strong and stable bonds to itself. This means you can form chains of carbon atoms, a phenomenon called catenation. So for any type of carbon compound you can have a whole series, with one carbon, two carbons, three carbons etc., in theory for ever.

So you can have methane, ethane, propane etc.

chloromethane, chloroethane, chloropropane etc

methanol, ethanol, propan-1-ol......

Then, for all but the simplest members of each series, the position of the different atoms matters as well, and you get different compounds called isomers. There are millions of possibilities.

Answer 2

All compounds that have C(carbon) except CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) and CO(Carbon monoxide) are organic. Considering that Carbon is a very versatile element, it can combine to quite a bit of other elements; making them organic compounds.

Answer 3

beacuse of stable covelent bond ,tetravalent property

Answer 4

There are more organic compounds because carbon has no preference on whether it gains or loses electrons.

Answer 5

Organic compounds are so diverse due to their components. They are mainly made up of carbon and hydrogen which are readily available in the environment.

Answer 6

it's found in most living things and in metals

i think most people who look for these bio questions are from sjnd I'm from there too lol

Answer 7

The ability of carbon to make bond with another carbon atom is the main reason of the vastness of organic chemistry.