organic compound

compound derived from living material

An organic compound is any member of a large class of chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon; for historical reasons discussed below, a few types of compounds such as carbonates, carbon oxides and cyanides, as well as elemental carbon are considered inorganic.The study of organic compounds is termed organic chemistry, and since it is a vast collection of chemicals (over half of all known chemical compounds), systems have been devised to classify organic compounds. A few of the compound classes based on the functional groups they carry are as follows: Acid anhydridesAcyl halides AlcoholsAldehydesAlkanesAlkenesAlkynesAmidesAminesAromaticsAzo compoundsCarboxylic acidsEstersEthersHaloalkanesIminesKetonesNitrilesNitro compoundsOrganometallic compoundsPhenolsPolymers, including all plasticsThiols
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Organic compound n. A compound containing hydrocarbon groups. [more]Organic compound - Community and Resources

Noun
1. any compound of carbon and another element or a radical
(hypernym) compound, chemical compound
(hyponym) aldehyde

Molecule that contains atoms of the element carbon, usually combined with itself and with atoms of one or more other element such as hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus, chlorine, or fluorine. See inorganic compound.