
Concepts In Organic Chemistry
Organic chemistry deals with the compounds of carbon. The science of organic chemistry is considered to have originated in 1685 with the publication by Lemery of a chemistry book that classified substances according to their origin as mineral, vegetable, or animal. Compounds derived from plants and animals became known as organic and those derived from nonliving sources were inorganic. The fundame...
Organic chemistry deals with the compounds of carbon. The science of organic chemistry is considered to have originated in 1685 with the publication by Lemery of a chemistry book that classified substances according to their origin as mineral, vegetable, or animal. Compounds derived from plants and animals became known as organic and those derived from nonliving sources were inorganic. The fundame...