Importance of organic chemistry

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Chemistry is study of matter and change and humans are surrounded by chemistry and its parts. Chemistry has been conventionally broken down into five main parts which are: Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, and Biochemistry. This research paper will predominantly focus on Organic Chemistry and the importance associated with it in some aspects of the modern life of humanity.
By definition, organic chemistry is the study of chemical compounds containing carbon bonded with another substance. In simpler words, organic chemistry is a sub-area of chemistry that considers the study of the molecules of life. The compounds that it focuses on are mainly composed of several atoms which are: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, halogens, and a few miscellaneous others. Organic chemistry studies the structure, behaviour and properties of the compounds that are built by the abovementioned atoms. In modern life, plants are a great resource as plants produce organic compounds for the benefits of its surroundings. Plants go through a number of processes in order to grow. Many types of synthetic and metabolic activities by plants result into the production of variety of organic compounds. Few types of the compounds such as, carbohydrates and proteins are essential to all kinds of plant and these are elaborated by all species of autotrophic plants. Some other types of organic compounds are many few specific plants but not all types. It is moderately easy to categorize all of the organic compounds produced by plants, into a few, well-defined groups, which will be based on the similarity of the chemical composition and the properties of the compounds. The groups are known, correspondingly, as the carbohyd...

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...c substances in the body. Complete medical efficiency will only be achieved when the science of organic chemistry is understood.

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