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All organic compounds as one time came from plants or animals many of our most
important substance are still derived from these sources directly or indirectly.
3) COAL
Coal is another major sources of organic compounds. It yield coke and coal-tar on
pyrolysis or destructive distillation. More then 200 organic compounds have been directly
isolated from coal-tar. These coal-tar products from the starting materials for the
manufacture of thousands of useful aromatic compounds including perfumes, drugs, dyes,
photographic developers.
4) SYNTHESIS.
Simple organic compounds derived from petroleum or coal have been converted into
thousands of useful materials by synthetic method many EXAMPLE might be cited of
synthetic organic compounds replacing those obtained from natural sources, such as dyes,
rubber, fibers, plastic ,drugs, vitamins. In many cases the synthetic materials are
superior to the natural compounds replaced for example, synthetic dyes are superior to
those of natural origin. In other cases the synthetic materials are entirely unknown in
nature and fill the requirements not satisfied are entirely other sources EXAMPLES are
etherglycol, aspirin, and sulphur drugs, synthetic organic chemistry touches almost every
phase of life.