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organic chemistry - the chemistry of compounds containing carbon (originally defined as the chemistry of substances produced by living organisms but now extended to substances synthesized artificially) organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently. biochemistry - the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry. chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions. phytochemistry - the branch of organic chemistry dealing with the chemistry of plants.
Organic chemistry is the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and synthesis of organic compounds that by definition contain carbon. It is a specific discipline within the subject of chemistry. Organic compounds are molecules composed of carbon and hydrogen, and may contain any number of other elements. Many organic compounds contain nitrogen, oxygen, halogens, and more rarely phosphorus or sulphur. Current trends in organic chemistry are chiral synthesis, green chemistry, microwave chemistry and fullerene chemistry.