ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

     ü  Organic Chemistry: Study of specific Carbon compounds.

ü  Hydrocarbons: The compounds containing Carbon and Hydrogen only.

Unique Nature of Carbon:

æ  Tetra valency of Carbon: Since carbon has 4 valence electrons it forms 4 covalent bonds. Hence it exhibits tetra valency.

æ  Catenation: The tendency of an element to form long chains of identical atoms.

æ  Isomerism: Tetra valency and Catenation of Carbon atom result in the formation of isomers – The compounds having same molecular formula but different structural formula.

æ  Catenation and tetra valency of Carbon also result in the formation of

Single bond 

Double bond

Triple bond

So Carbon can form millions of compounds hence Carbon compounds are studied under a separate branch of chemistry – Organic chemistry.