Organic Compound

<p >An&nbsp;<b>organic compound</b>&nbsp;is any member of a large class of&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas" title="Gas" >gaseous</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid" title="Liquid" >liquid</a>, or&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid" title="Solid" >solid</a>&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_compounds" title="Chemical compounds" class="mw-redirect" >chemical compounds</a>&nbsp;whose <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecules" title="Molecules" class="mw-redirect" >molecules</a>&nbsp;contain&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon" title="Carbon" >carbon</a>. For historical reasons discussed below, a few types of carbon-containing compounds such as&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbide" title="Carbide" >carbides</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonates" title="Carbonates" class="mw-redirect" >carbonates</a>, simple&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxides" title="Oxides" class="mw-redirect" >oxides</a>&nbsp;of carbon, and&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanides" title="Cyanides" class="mw-redirect" >cyanides</a>, as well as the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotropes_of_carbon" title="Allotropes of carbon" >allotropes of carbon</a>&nbsp;such as&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond" title="Diamond" >diamond</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite" title="Graphite" >graphite</a>, are considered&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inorganic_compound" title="Inorganic compound" >inorganic</a>.&nbsp;</p>

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The distinction between "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_matter" title="Organic matter" >organic</a>" and "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inorganic" title="Inorganic" class="mw-redirect" >inorganic</a>" carbon compounds, while "useful in organizing the vast subject of chemistry... is somewhat arbitrary".<sup id="cite_ref-text_0-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_compounds#cite_note-text-0" >[1]</a></sup></p>

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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_chemistry" title="Organic chemistry" >Organic chemistry</a>&nbsp;is the science concerned with all aspects of organic compounds.&nbsp;</p>

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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_synthesis" title="Organic synthesis" >Organic synthesis</a>&nbsp;is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodology" title="Methodology" >methodology</a>&nbsp;of their preparation.</p>