CHE112 (OChem) Introduction

What is organic?

• A type of food: • Very misunderstood • Means not genetically modified (in a lab) • Does not mean no pesticides used • Does mean no lab-synthesized products used (even if they are identical to or safer than naturally occurring ones)

Organic

Carbon-containing

Inorganic

Metals, minerals (salts) ;

Organic bonds

covalent

Inorganic bonds

ionic

Organic polarity

non-polar

Inorganic polarity

charged

Organic melting point

low-medium

Inorganic melting point

high

Organic boiling point

low-medium

Inorganic boiling point

high

Organic flammability

very

Inorganic flammability

non-flammable

Organic solubility

low

Inorganic solubility

high

Carbon has ____ bonds

4 bonds

What is an alkane?

Simplest organic compounds • Carbons and Hydrogens, attached with single bonds • A type of "hydrocarbon"

1

Meth-

2

Eth-

3

Prop-

4

But-

5

Pent-

6

Hex-

7

Hept-

8

Oct-

9

Non-

10

Dec-