That branch of science which deals with the compounds of carbon. Much of the study and practice of organic chemistry deals with the structures of the various ORGANIC molecules and of techniques employed to synthesise...

The study of the carbon atom and the compounds it forms, mainly with the 20 lightest elements, such as hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. Some 3,000,000 organic compounds have been identified and...

Organic chemistry is the study of the compounds of carbon. It is the single largest branch of chemistry, and the one with the most direct impact on the daily lives of most people in the world. The number of organic compounds is well over a million, and...

Organic chemistry is a specific discipline within chemistry which involves the scientific study of the structure, properties, composition, reactions, and preparation (by synthesis or by other means) of chemical compounds consisting primarily of carbon...

Supramolecular assembly requires molecular-scale engineering, and organic chemists are becoming smarter at designing and building the functional sub-components that hold these features together. Lipid bilayers are classic supramolecular assemblies, but the interactions between individual molecules are not very strong. However, by providing synthetic...

Students who rely on all-nighters to bring up their grades might want to sleep on that strategy: A new survey says those who never study all night have slightly higher GPAs than those who do.A survey of 120 students at St. Lawrence University, a small...

Kirk Yeager makes bombs from the stuff found under kitchen sinks. He does it to help the FBI defend against what officials say is the next frontier for terrorists in the United States.Ten years ago, peroxide-based bombs were mostly the work of young pranksters. But...