INTRODUCTORY AND IMPORTANCE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
INTRODUCTORY AND IMPORTANCE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY Organic chemistry is the study of the compounds of carbon. Carbon compounds are far more numerous than those of other elements because carbon are able to bond together to form a wide range of chains and rings. The subject is named organic chemistry because living organisms are composed of carbon compounds. Organic chemistry could be regarded as the chemistry of life. Organic Chemistry is of great medical, economic and technological importance. It touches almost every areas of our daily life (food, medicinal drugs, paper, ink, paint, plastic, fuel, automobiles, textiles, pesticides, dyes, explosives, etc). Billions of years ago most of the carbon atoms on the earth existed as CH 4 : CH 4 , H 2 O, NH 3 , H 2 were the main components of the primordial atmosphere. Electrical charges and other forms of highly energetic radiation caused these simple compounds to fragment into highly reactive pieces which combine into more