Organic compounds

Organic compounds

There are millions of known organic compounds. Only a few of them have been well studied. I organize these into a few major groups: Hydrocarbon skeletons, Oxygen derivatives, nitrogen derivatives, and other derivatives.

Hydrocarbon skeletons include the aliphatic compounds, which include straight chains of carbon atoms, and the cyclic compounds, which include rings.

Oxygen derivatives include chiefly the the alcohols, aldehydes, and organic acids, although there are other classes.

Nitrogen derivatives are a little bit less known. These included the amide families, and the nitrate families, which include nitrogen and oxygen.

Other derivatives include chiefly the halogenated compounds, phosphorus and sulfur compounds, and organo-metallic comopounds.