Organic Chemistry in History
Organic chemistry is also known under the short-term organic. The organic chemistry as a branch of chemistry can be viewed and engaged in the carbon content. Particularly the structure, composition and the chemical reactions of carbon will be investigated. To the organic chemistry include the elements that go with the carbon compounds. Therefore we understand today as the organic chemistry, the chemistry of carbon compounds, and not focusing only on the compounds from nature. The organic chemistry is, however, also limits for inorganic chemistry. This limit is usually denied to the concept of hydrocyanic acid. The division of natural science in organic chemistry and inorganic chemistry is historical. The term "organic" was first used by Berzilius about 1810 because by then all investigated compounds derived from living organisms and in the laboratory could not be synthesized. Berzilius found it impossible to produce organic compounds from nature artificial. This theory was refuted, however, then in 1828 by the chemist Friedrich Wohler. In later times it was always more to produce organic substances synthetically, which contained all the carbon. The simplest organic compounds consist only of the elements of water and carbon. Only compounds such as carbon oxides, carbonates, carbides and cyanides are expected to inorganic compounds.
Characteristics of organic compounds
Organic compounds consist only of relatively few elements. Besides carbon and Wassestoff which are always present, measured mostly on non-metallic elements. Here, for example, oxygen, nitrogen, etc. to name. From these few elements, but millions of connections are established, that deals with the organic chemistry. Dr inorganic chemistry is well known that it consists only of one hundred thousand compounds. For this reason, the one branch of organic chemistry to the most extensive branch.
Another feature of organic chemistry is the compound of carbon. Because these carbon atoms are able to connect unlimited to atom bonds. These are then usually known as a chain, ring or net wrap. For this reason, besides single, double or even triple bonds possible.
In addition, it must be said that most of the organic compounds, in contrast to most inorganic compounds, little or not heat-resistant.