Chemistry

Organic chemistry is the study of compounds that are based on carbon - organic compounds.

They usually contain carbon-carbon and carbon-hydrogen bonds.

The exceptions - carbon monoxide, CO(g), carbon dioxide, CO₂ (g), and hydrogen cyanide, HCN(g).

Molecules that contain only single carbon-carbon bonds are saturated - alkanes.

Molecules that contain double or triple carbon-carbon bonds are unsaturated - alkenes and alkynes.

Carbon’s unique bonding properties allow the formation of a variety of structures, including chains and rings of many shapes and sizes.