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Is the chemistry of carbon-containing compounds.

What are examples of carbon that are not classified as organic compounds (5)?

Organic chemistry is the chemistry of compounds of carbon that usually contain ________.

Organic compounds may also contain other elements such as oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, or any of the _______, as well as a host of other carbonaceous derivatives.

Organic chemistry was first defined as a branch of modern science by?

Jon Jacob Berzelius classified chemical compounds into the two groups.

He believed in vitalism.

The idea that organic compounds could only originate from living organisms through the action of some vital force.

He discovered that urea, an organic compound, could be made by heating ammonium cyanate (an inorganic compound).

Friedrich Wöhler’s discovery also represented the discovery of _________ - the possibility of two or more different structures based on the same chemical formula.

He established the foundation for the structural theory in organic chemistry.

What are three (3) generally accepted sources of organic compounds?

Are organic compounds flammable or inflammable?

Organic compounds are __________ bonded.

Carbon always forms ____ covalent bonds.

Hydrogen always forms ___ covalent bond.

Are most organic compounds soluble or insoluble in water?

Organic compounds with less than _ carbon atoms are soluble in water.

Organic compounds with _ to _ carbon atoms are slightly soluble in water.

Organic compounds with _ carbon atoms and above are insoluble in water.

Are organic compounds soluble in polar or non-polar organic solvents?

Are organic compounds electrolytes or nonelectrolytes?

Do organic compounds have high or low melting or boiling points?

Do organic compounds exhibit isomerism?