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With a few exceptions compounds that contain the element hydrogen are organic compounds?
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∙ 14y ago
its not hydrogen that makes a compound organic but carbon.
With a few exceptions, compounds that contain the element carbon are organic compounds.
Some common exceptions are,
CO2, CO, all carbonates as well as all the allotropes of carbon.
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∙ 15y agoNo; for a compound to be organic is has to contain carbon No; for a compound to be organic is has to contain carbon
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What compounds contain the element carbon and usually the elements hydrogen oxygen nitrogen and phosphorus as well?
organic
All organic molecules contain the element?
All the organic compounds mainly consist of compounds formed by Carbon
What are the compounds in hydrogen?
None. Hydrogen is an element, and contains nothing BUT hydrogen.
What element do organic compounds always contain?
Organic compounds always contain the element carbon.
Is fat an element or compound?
Fat is a umber of lipids bond together. They contain elements carbon,hydrogen,oxygen. Therefor fats are compounds.
What other element do most organic compounds contain?
Hydrogen.
Is Hydrogen Peroxide organic or inorganic?
Only compounds are classified as organic or inorganic.The element hydrogen often occurs in organic compounds. It can also be found in inorganic compounds.All organic compounds contain the element carbon.
What are the difference between organic and inorganic compounds?
Basically, all organic compounds have carbon and organic chemistry is the study of carbon based comounds. Inorganic generally do not contain carbon (with exceptions being carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, metal carbonates, metal bicarbonates and metal carbides).
What organic compounds contain a element?
All do. They are carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulfur.
What compounds contain the element carbon and usually the elements hydrogen oxygen nitrogen and phosphorus as well?
organic
Hydrogen compound or element?
Element It is in the periodic table of elements. It contains only hydrogen atoms. Compounds must contain two or more elements, so it isn't a compound.
What element do all inorganic compounds lack?
There is no element that is always found in inorganic compounds. However, organic compounds always contain carbon and hydrogen, so they would not be found together in an inorganic compound.
All organic molecules contain the element?
All the organic compounds mainly consist of compounds formed by Carbon
All what compounds contain the element carbon and usually the elements hydrogen oxygen nitrogen and phosphorus as well?
Organic
How do inorganic and organic compounds difffer?
In general organic compounds / substances / materials contain carbon atoms bonded with other atoms and/or those related to life. It is the chemistry of carbon containing compounds. Inorganic is everything else and generally do not contain carbon (with some exceptions).
What element from the periodic table are in mini wheat cereal?
Cereals contain organic compounds with carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen.
How is carbon and lipids simliar?
They are not similar. Carbon is an element and lipids are organic compounds which contain the elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
