Thursday, March 5, 2020
Organic Chemistry - What is it and Why Should I Care?
Organic Chemistry - What is it and Why Should I Care?Organic chemistry is the study of chemical reactions, inorganic chemical reactions, their kinetics-equilibrium relationships. Organisms are products of chemical and physical processes, which are controlled by the movements of molecules. These molecules are ions, such as sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and silicon, but also much more complicated things such as DNA or proteins. They all move in a specific fashion, have specific properties, are attracted to certain substances, and react to them in certain ways.The primary element in organic chemistry is carbon. Carbon atoms move along microscopic chemical channels called 'carbonic anhydrase' that is found on almost every living thing, including most plants, water, soil, and air. These channels are sealed by a substance called 'carbonate'. That's because these channels must be opened and closed in order for the material contained in them to move. The simplest of these channels i s carbonic anhydrase and the one with the highest activity is the pore in your mouth, for example.The carbon that is at the top of your carbonic anhydrase will reach the next level down where the opening of the carbonic anhydrase pore is blocked by the carbonate. The carbon that is at the bottom reaches the second level, opening the pore. And so on and so forth. Organic chemistry is the study of chemical reactions in systems that exhibit this rhythm. It is a simple, yet highly complex science that includes all parts of life.The simplest form of organic chemistry is the study of organic chemistry. This is the study of organic reactions. Inorganic chemicals have either had an organic reaction with another organic chemical or been created through organic chemical reactions. Sometimes a whole new chemical compound is produced, sometimes they are merely broken up into their constituent parts. This is what happens when you make paper by cutting it into sheets of different colors, glue the m together,then printing them on sheets of paper. You are creating a new compound.It's the acidic organic that's the chemical phenomenon that's most interesting to organic chemists. Acidic organic compounds are both acidic and basic. They have a mixture of sulfur and oxygen that is different from simple sulfur and oxygen compounds. They are also usually soluble and can form a solid mass when they combine with water. Acidic organic compounds are the basis of 'organic acids', compounds which are the basis of all living matter.The simple sulfur and oxygen compounds will combine to form a soluble compound called 'sulfuric acid'. When you cook meat, you are using a whole set of such 'sulfuric acids'. These complex compounds are very good at generating a wide variety of complex organic chemicals, but they are not the basis of the world's food supply. Sulfuric acid compounds are far too complex for us to understand completely, although many scientists are trying to do just that. They want to learn how to make sulfite fertilizers so that we could grow crops that would eventually become food, not just fuel.Organic chemistry is important, but it is important for so many other reasons. For example, even though organic chemistry is important, it is also very difficult, but it does not result in products that would ever be considered by conventional chemistry. This is because conventional chemistry involves the use of heavy metals, which have to be in limited quantities. The final product would be known as a 'heterogeneous complex', which doesn't exist in our environment.
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