What are Organic Compounds?

What are Organic Compounds?

Many things that can be seen, heard, touched, smelled and tasted can be explained by organic chemistry. Things such as food and clothes are organic. All life on Earth is based on Carbon. Carbon compounds are called Organic Compounds. The study of Organic Compounds is Organic Chemistry. About 80% of the Compounds on Earth are Organic. Similar Compounds are grouped according to bonding or atomic composition. [LM] {NR}