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An organic compound is any of a large class of [[chemical compound]]s whose [[molecule]]s contain [[carbon]]. Organic compounds are studied in [[organic chemistry]]; many of them, such as [[protein]]s, [[fat]]s and [[carbohydrate]]s, are also of prime importance in [[biochemistry]].

The dividing line between organic and inorganic is somewhat controversial
and historically arbitrary, but generally speaking, organic compounds have
[[carbon]]-[[hydrogen]] bonds, and [[inorganic chemistry|inorganic compounds]] do not. Thus [[carbonic acid]] is inorganic, whereas [[formic acid]], the first [[fatty acid]], is organic, although it could as well be called "carbonous acid" and its [[anhydride]], [[carbon monoxide]], is inorganic.

See also [[organic chemistry]], [[inorganic chemistry of carbon]].


See [[list of compounds]] for a list of all compounds currently in Wikipedia.

====References====
* Adapted from the [[Wikipedia]] article, "Organic compound" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_compound October 24, 2003