In living organisms, carbon fixation (incorporation of atmospheric inorganic carbon dioxide into organic compounds) is carried out by certain microbes and most plants and the other organisms feed on plants to acquire their organic compounds. The process of carbon fixation is called photosynthesis and it's driven by sun light and catalyzed by enzymes. In organic chemistry labs, chemists have found ways to either create organic molecules from inorganic ones or add carbon onto preexisting organic molecules, though these processes require very strigent reaction conditions that are different from those in living organisms, mostly because we cannot make use of enzymes the same way as living organisms do. The earliest experiments involved reacting carbon dioxide and ammonia by adding an electrical current, making urea as the product. Current organic chemstry techniques have countless ways to manipulate organic compounds and it will be futile to try to list even a fraction of the techniques. Follow the link below for a Wikipedia page that has links to a large number of possible organic chemistry reactions.
Organic compounds are generally composed of long carbon chains displaying covalent bonds.
AnswerIf something says it's organic, that means its made of carbon or contains carbon. There is no such thing as inorganic crops (fruits and vegetables). Gases that contain carbon are also considered organic. All animals contain carbonic compounds.
Chemistry. Any study which is related to the study of types of atoms is chemistry. The field about Carbon is called Organic Chemistry. (Strictly speaking some simple substances containing carbon are considered as part of Inorganic Chemistry, for example the carbonates.)
What elemets are in CO2? The two main elements of CO2 are: 1. Oxygen 2. Carbon
C+O+O=CO2 (two different elements) so a compound.CO2=1 part carbon and 2 parts oxygen, the carbon and oxygen themselves are elements, and it is a compound.Compound, because its made of more then one element, carbon and oxygen. Probably best described as a molecule because it is made of covalent bonds, however.
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Carbon and hydrogen.
Carbon goes to CarbohydrateOxide goes to Oxygen
The term "Organic" refers to something that is or was living. The elements have never been living, nor will they ever be in the future. Elements might be part of a compound that is located in living things. Added: Na, sodium, is an element and inorganic. Organic compounds are based on carbon hydrogen bonding and have nothing to do with living, per se. CH4, methane, is an organic molecule. One element standing alone can not be an organic molecule and just because something contains carbon (CO2--not organic ) does not make it an organic molecule. C-H is required.
Ethyl is a functional group in organic chemistry. It is not a molecule that exists alone, but is rather a part of another molecule. It's formula is:--CH2-CH3(where it is bonded to the rest of the molecule through the left-hand carbon)
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its part of the definition of organic compounds
It is a ribose sugar.
It is a ribose sugar.
yes carbon is a part of organic compound. but there are inorganic compounds also containing carbon (such as carbonates, bicarbonates etc).
No. Carbon is an element and on its own isn't organic.