organic compound

Also known as organic molecule, organic substance, organic chemical, organic chemicals

chemical compound that contains carbon atoms (with a few exceptions traditionally classified as inorganic compounds)

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An organic compound is a chemical substance that contains carbon atoms as a key ingredient. These carbon-based compounds are important because they form the foundation of all living things and are used to create countless materials we rely on, from plastics and medicines to fuels and fabrics.

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Long-term leaching through clayey till of N,N-dimethylsulfamide, a Persistent and Mobile Organic Compound (PMOC).ReviewJournal of contaminant hydrology · 2023Frederiksen M, Albers CN, Mosthaf K et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2023.104218
The consequences of volatile organic compound mediated bacterial and fungal interactions.ReviewAntonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2002Wheatley REDOI: 10.1023/a:1020592802234
Molecular aspects of organic compound transport across the plasma membrane of hepatocytes.ReviewJournal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 1999Kamisako T, Gabazza EC, Ishihara T et al.DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.1999.01886.x
Free radical mechanism of toxic organic compound formations from o-chlorophenol.Journal of hazardous materials · 2023Liu X, Liu G, Liu S et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.130367
Real-time organic compound monitoring in advanced oxidation process (AOP) of anaerobic digestion effluent: introduction of UV-VIS spectrum representative index by discrete Fourier transform.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2023Akter J, Kim W, Kim I et al.DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-11984-2
A review of in situ measurement of organic compound transformation in groundwater.ReviewPest management science · 2001Papiernik SKDOI: 10.1002/ps.287
Physiological and physicochemical controls on foliar volatile organic compound emissions.ReviewTrends in plant science · 2004Niinemets U, Loreto F, Reichstein MDOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2004.02.006
Organic compound synthesis on the primitive earth.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 1959MILLER SL, UREY HCDOI: 10.1126/science.130.3370.245

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Encyclopedic overview

Methane ( CH4) is among the simplest organic compounds.

Organic compounds are a subclass of chemical compounds of carbon. Little consensus exists among chemists on the exact definition of organic compound; the only universally accepted definition is the quasi-tautological "organic compounds are the subject matter of organic chemistry".

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