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No. Methane is an organic compound.

As a rule of thumb, molecules (compounds) with carbon in them are organic. Methane is CH4 and is therefore organic.

To many people 'organic' signifies whether something is naturally occurring or not and this may well have been the basis of our current definition however it is no longer as precise or useful since many carbon-containing compounds have been synthesised that have had no previous place in the natural world. In this case it is useful to have a distinction between natural products and organic products.

This said, there are many obvious caveats to our rule above. Many metals can have organic ligands (such as the highly common CO (carbonyl) ligand). But with a metal at the molecule's centre it is somewhat misleading to say these are organic compounds. The term "organometallic" might be used for such molecules, describing both aspects of it's physical nature. This may also apply to many naturally occurring proteins that use metals at their active sites.

But we digress.

Another good distinction is ammonia (NH3). This has no carbon in it, therefore it is inorganic. But it is still naturally occurring and produced in ton-quantities by organisms every day.

So when considering whether something is organic or not, in a chemistry context, ask yourself: "where's the carbon?".

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