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Introduction
You now are starting the study of organic chemistry, which is the
chemistry of compounds of carbon. In this introductory chapter, we will
tell you something of the background and history of organic chemistry.
At one time in history, it was thought that only living things could
synthesize the carbon-containing compounds present in cells. For that
reason, the term organic was applied to those compounds. Eventually it
was proved that carbon-containing compounds could be synthesized
from inorganic substances, but the term organic has remained.
Currently, organic compounds are defined as covalently bonded
compounds containing carbon, excluding carbonates and oxides. By
this definition, compounds such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and sodium
carbonate (Na2CO3) are inorganic. Organic chemistry is the study of all
organic compounds.
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What I know?
4. Which of the following organic compounds is the main fuel supply for
cellular work?
A. Sugars C. nucleic acids
B. Lipids D. proteins
6. What are compounds called that contain only carbon and hydrogen?
A. Hydrocarbons C. carcinogens
B. organic elements D. halides
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10. The branch of chemistry which deals with the study of carbon
compounds is?
A. Biochemistry C. Inorganic Chemistry
B. Organic Chemistry D. Polymer Chemistry
11. Study of all the elements & their compounds except organic compound is?
A. Organic Chemistry C. Analytical Chemistry
B. Physical Chemistry D. Inorganic Chemistry
12. How did Friedrich Wohler proved that the ‘vital force ‘theory was
wrong?
A. By the discovery of Aspirin
B. By synthetically produce penicillin
C. By synthetically produce urea compound
D. None from the list.
14. Which is the correct order for the landmarks in the history of chemistry?
A. Muslim, Roman, Modern & Greek Periods
B. Greek, Romans, Muslim & Modern Periods
C. Romans, Greeks, Muslims & Modern Periods
D. Greeks, Muslim, Romans & Modern Periods
15. Refer to the mystical force possessed by living organisms that was
believed to allow them to overcome physical law and synthesize organic
compounds
A. Gravitational force
B. External Force
C. Inner force
D. Vital force
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Sources of Organic Compounds
What’s in
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Organic chemistry developed into a productive and exciting science
in the nineteenth century. Many new synthetic methods, reaction
mechanisms, analytical techniques and structural theories have been
developed. Toward the end of the century much of the knowledge of
organic chemistry has been expanded to the study of biological systems
such as proteins and DNA. Volumes of information are published monthly in
journals, books and electronic media about organic and biological
chemistry. The vast information available today means that for new students
of organic chemistry a great deal of study is required which includes learning
about organic reactions, mechanism, synthesis, analysis, and biological
function. The study of organic chemistry, although complex, is also very
interesting.
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What’s New
MATCHING TYPE: Directions: Match column A with the correct description on column B,
write only the letter of your answer on the blank provided before each number.
COLUMN COLUMN B
A
the nineteenth-century belief that living organisms
contain a vital force allowing them to overcome ordinary
1 aromatic ring A physical laws and produce organic compounds.
Condensed only shows carbon to hydrogen ratio, will show number of
2 structural formula D bonds between.
molecules having the same molecular formula but
3 double bond E different structures.
German chemist who contributed greatly to the
development of organic chemistry and was the first to
4 hydrocarbons F synthesize an organic compound in the laboratory.
first organic compound ever synthesized in the laboratory
5 inorganic G by Wohler, German chemist
6 isomers H compounds that contain only carbon and hydrogen
7 organic I compounds that contain metal.
saturated
8 hydrocarbons J compounds that contain carbon
compounds containing only carbon and hydrogen that
contain at least one double or triple bond between
9 structural formulas K carbon atoms.
compounds containing only carbon and hydrogen and
having no double or triple bonds between the carbon
10 triple bond L atoms.
a two-dimensional representation of molecules that
unsaturated shows which atoms are bonded together and which are
11 hydrocarbons M not.
a particularly stable organic compound with six carbon
atoms and alternating single and double bonds in a ring
12 urea N structure.
a mystical force possessed by living organisms that was
believed to allow them to overcome physical law and
13 vital force O synthesize organic compounds.
a bond between two atoms in which two electron pairs
14 vitalism P are shared.
a bond between two atoms in which three electrons pairs
15 Wohler Q are shared.
R. the ability to attract electrons in a covalent bond
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Organic chemistry is one of the major branches of chemistry
that deals with the study of compounds containing carbon.
The history of organic chemistry can be traced back to
ancient times when medical practitioner in charge of a
tribes extracted chemicals from plants and animals to treat
members of their tribes. They didn't label their work as "organic
chemistry", they simply kept records of the useful properties and
uses of things like willow bark which was used as a pain killer. (It is now known that
willow bark contains acetylsalicylic acid, the ingredient in aspirin - chewing on the
bark extracted the aspirin.) Their knowledge formed the basis of modern
pharmacology which has a strong dependence on knowledge of organic
chemistry.
In the early 1800's by Jon Jacob Berzelius, organic chemistry was first
defined as a branch of modern science. He classified chemical
compounds into two main groups: organic if they originated in living or
once-living matter and inorganic if they came from "mineral" or non-living
matter. Like most chemists of his era, Berzelius believed in Vitalism - the idea
that organic compounds could only originate from living organisms
through the action of some vital force. It was a student of Berzelius' who
made the discovery that would result in the abandonment of Vitalism as a
scientific theory. In 1828, Friedrich Wöhler discovered that urea - an organic
compound - could be made by heating ammonium cyanate (an
inorganic compound).
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To his surprise, the solid left over after the evaporation of the water was
not ammonium cyanate, it was a substance with the properties of urea!
Wohler’s observation marked the first time an organic compound had
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What is It
What makes you different from a rock? What makes life? What
differentiates organic chemistry from inorganic chemistry? In the 18th and early
19th centuries, it was believed that organic compounds could only be obtained
from living organisms. And it was due to a vital force that all living organisms had
that led to the formation of organic compounds. So, there was a distinction made
between organic compounds and inorganic compounds. Organic, meaning
'coming from an organism,' while inorganic was everything else. Today we know
this distinction is not true, yet we continue to differentiate organic chemistry from
inorganic chemistry due to the importance of organic compounds in the world.
Let's examine some hallmark moments that have been influential in the
development of the organic chemistry discipline.
In the early 1800s scientists had already learned how to isolate many
compounds from plants. Yet they thought that the vital force in plants was the
only way to produce these compounds. In 1828, Friedrich Wohler was the first
scientist to synthetically produce one of these compounds: urea. This discovery
made scientists realize that these organic compounds could indeed be
synthesized and that there was no vital force.
An important breakthrough was discovering the organic structure of the
benzene ring. Typically, double bonds are shorter than single bonds, yet due to
benzene's unique circular shape with double bonds placed at every other bond,
all the bonds are of equal length. This unique structure of benzene was difficult for
scientists to figure out.
Then in 1865 Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz, often simply referred to
as Kekule, figured it out. Kekule explains he discovered this structure after days of
studying benzene and trying to determine how and why it reacts in the way that
it does. One night he had a dream of snakes twisting together until they formed
a circle. He woke up from this dream and realized that benzene was circular. From
there he was able to figure out the structure of benzene, which led to further
discoveries about how organic compounds react.
In year 1874 several more advances happened in the event of organic
chemistry. Scientists had started to realize that sometimes compounds would
react in different ways even though they had the same chemical formula. They
realized that the differences were due to the direction, typically explained as up
or down, that the atoms were coming off from the carbon atom.
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Jacobus van 't Hoff and Joseph-Achille Le Bel developed a system to
indicate what way these atoms were coming off of the carbon, called a 3D
stereochemical representation. A solid line indicates the atom coming up from
the carbon, while a dashed line indicates that it is going backwards. They also
discovered that carbon is a tetrahedral. In other words, carbon can have four
atoms coming off of it.
Willow was first used 5000 years ago as an anti-inflammatory. The organic
compounds in willow that causes anti-inflammatory response was first isolated in
1828 by Joseph Buchner. Later this compound was synthesized in the lab. In 1899,
acetylsalicyclic acid is named Aspirin by Bayer. The letter ‘A’ stands for acetyl,
“spir” is derived from the plant known as Spiraea ulmaria (meadowsweet), which
yields salicin, and “in” was a common suffix used for drugs at the time of the first
stable synthesis of acetylsalicylic acid. Aspirin was officially produced as an anti-
inflammatory using the organic compounds that were originally used thousands
of years ago in medicines.
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What’s More
4. Which process involves the conversion of once living organic matter to fossil fuels?
A. carbonization C. combustion
B. nuclear fusion D. photosynthesis
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7. Which statement is true?
A. Over 98% of all known compounds are organic
B. Over 98% of all known compounds are inorganic
C. There are about 2 times as many inorganic compounds as organic
compounds
D. There are about 2 times as many organic compounds as organic
compounds
8. There are thousands of times more organic than inorganic compounds. The
enormous number of carbon compounds is believed to be due, in large part,
to the
A. high bonding capacity of a carbon atom.
B. ability of carbon atoms to form covalent bonds with hydrogen.
C. high number of lone pairs of electrons of a carbon atom.
D. large variety of chemical reactions of elemental carbon
10. Which biological process produces glucose from carbon dioxide and water?
A. carbonization
B. photosynthesis
C. fusion
D. respiration
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What I have Learned
2.What was the reason why in 18th and early 19th centuries, they
believe that organic compounds can be obtained from living
organisms only?
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Assessment
4. Which of the following explains why there are many carbon compounds?
A. Carbon atoms form covalent bonds with other elements
B. Carbon atoms form single or double bons
c. Carbon atoms bond with other carbon atoms in different molecular
pattern
E. Carbon atoms are not easily affected by water and oxygen
6. What is Vitalism?
A. the idea that organic compounds come from nonliving things
B. the idea that organic compounds could only originate from living
organisms through the action of some vital force.
c. belief that synthesizing organic substance from inorganic substance is
possible in the laboratory through the action of some vital force.
D. belief that organic compounds may had begun with big bang when the
components of ammonia, nitrogen, carbon dioxide and methane
combined to form amino acids
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7. Refer to the mystical force possessed by living organisms that was believed to
allow them to overcome physical law and synthesize organic compounds
A. Gravitational force C. Inner force
B. External Force D. Vital force
11. Plastics are excellent examples of substances that are the product of
invention - they are not found anywhere in nature.
A. True B. False C. Partly true D. Partly false
12.Which statement is correct about willow bark?
A. It is a food ingredient
B. It is a substance used as pain killer
C. It is a substance used as fertilizer
D. It is a poisonous substance used in hunting animals
13. Organic chemicals were used in ancient times by Romans and Egyptians as
dyes, medicines and poisons from natural sources
A. True B. False C. Partly true D. Partly false
14. Which is the correct order for the landmarks in the history of chemistry?
A. Muslim, Roman, Modern & Greek Periods
B. Greek, Romans, Muslim & Modern Periods
C. Romans, Greeks, Muslims & Modern Periods
D. Greeks, Muslim, Romans & Modern Periods
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