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What does the study of organic reactions in organic chemistry include?

The chemical synthesis of natural products, drugs, and polymers, as well as the study of individual organic molecules in the laboratory and via theoretical (in silico) study.

What is the focus of organic chemistry?

The scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and materials containing carbon atoms.

What elements are commonly found in compounds studied in organic chemistry?

Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, and the halogens.

What is organometallic chemistry and what does it focus on?

<p>It is the study of compounds containing carbon–metal bonds, and it focuses on compounds including transition metals zinc, copper, palladium, nickel, cobalt, titanium, and chromium.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do organic compounds form the basis of, and what do they constitute the majority of?

<p>They form the basis of all earthly life and constitute the majority of known chemicals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who disproved the idea that a 'vital force' was necessary for the synthesis of organic compounds, and how did he do it?

<p>Friedrich Wöhler disproved this idea in 1828 by preparing urea from ammonium cyanate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the two characteristic features seen in carbon, and how do they contribute to the large number of compounds formed?

<p>The two characteristic features seen in carbon are tetravalency and catenation. Together, they give rise to a large number of compounds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the structure of ethane and how is it arrived at?

<p>The structure of ethane is arrived at by linking the carbon atoms together with a single bond and then using the hydrogen atoms to satisfy the remaining valencies of carbon.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which carbon compounds continue to be studied under organic chemistry, aside from carbides, oxides of carbon, carbonate, and hydrogencarbonate salts?

<p>Carbon compounds, except for carbides, oxides of carbon, carbonate, and hydrogencarbonate salts, continue to be studied under organic chemistry.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was initially thought about the formation of carbon compounds, and how was this idea disproved?

<p>It was initially thought that carbon compounds or organic compounds could only be formed within a living system, and this idea was disproved by Friedrich Wöhler in 1828 by preparing urea from ammonium cyanate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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