Introduction to Organic Chemistry

Organic Chemistry (OCR 2015)

What is Organic Chemistry?

• Organic Chemistry was originally defined by Swedish chemist Jons Jacob Berzelius as the chemistry of compounds derived from living systems.
• Today about 60 million organic compounds are known. Which is surprising as organic chemistry is only 200 years old!
• Before 1828, scientists did not believe it was possible to make organic compounds from inorganic compounds. In 1828, a scientists accidentally synthesised urea whilst attempting t make ammonium cyanate from silver cynide carried out from the inorganic compounds dispelling m