inorganic chemistry

(noun)

The chemistry of the elements (including carbon) and those compounds that do not contain carbon.

Related Terms

  • ligand

Examples of inorganic chemistry in the following topics:

  • The Study of Chemistry

    • Chemistry is the study of matter and the chemical reactions between substances.
    • Chemistry has the answer to these questions and many more.
    • Inorganic chemistry studies substances that do not contain carbon.
    • Organic chemistry studies carbon-based substances.
    • Biophysical chemistry is the application of physical chemistry in a biological context.
  • Naming Hydrates

    • "Hydrate" is a term used in inorganic chemistry and organic chemistry to indicate that a substance contains loosely bonded water.
    • In organic chemistry, hydrates tend to be rarer.
    • Generate the chemical formula and systematic name of a given inorganic hydrate
  • Chemical Analysis

    • Coordination complexes and their chemistry can be used to analyze the composition of a solution by precipitation or colorimetric analysis.
    • These methods are called classical qualitative inorganic analysis.
    • Classical qualitative inorganic analysis is a method of analytical chemistry that seeks to find the elemental compositions of inorganic compounds.
    • It is applicable to both organic compounds and inorganic compound.
  • Solubility Product Principle and Qualitative Analysis

    • Classical qualitative inorganic analysis is a method of analytical chemistry that seeks to find the elemental composition of inorganic compounds.
  • Determining Atomic Structures by X-Ray Crystallography

    • Substances including inorganic salts and minerals, semiconductors, and organic and biological compounds can form crystals under suitable and specific conditions.
    • X-ray crystallography is a powerful tool that has broad applications in the determination of the structures of both organic and inorganic compounds.
    • Throughout the history of chemistry and biochemistry, x-ray crystallography has been one of the most important methods in helping scientists understand the atomic structure and bonding.
  • Naming Familiar Inorganic Compounds

    • Familiar inorganic and organic compounds are often known by their common, or "trivial," names.
  • Introduction to Chemical Reactivity

    • Organic chemistry encompasses a very large number of compounds ( many millions ), and our previous discussion and illustrations have focused on their structural characteristics.
    • Now that we can recognize these actors ( compounds ), we turn to the roles they are inclined to play in the scientific drama staged by the multitude of chemical reactions that define organic chemistry.
    • It may be organic or inorganic; small or large; gas, liquid or solid.
  • Oxidation States of Phosphorus Compounds

    • Organophosphorus compounds having phosphorus oxidation states ranging from –3 to +5, as shown in the following table, are well known (some simple inorganic compounds are displayed in green).
  • Addition Reactions of Alkenes

    • A large number of reagents, both inorganic and organic, have been found to add to this functional group, and in this section we shall review many of these reactions.
  • Historical Background

    • Second it cast doubt on the widely held doctrine of vitalism, which maintained that all living organisms were endowed with a vital or life force that rendered them and their component parts uniquely different from ordinary "inorganic" matter.
    • Thus, strongly heating organic substances such as carbohydrates and proteins yielded water, ammonia and carbonaceous solids (all inorganic), with loss of the vial essence.
    • Wöhler's experiment was acclaimed as the first conversion of an inorganic substance into an organic compound.
    • Less than twenty years later, the German chemist Adolf Kolbe provided an even more convincing synthesis of organic from inorganic substances.
    • Perkin, a student (age 18) at the Royal College of Chemistry in London, attempted its synthesis in his home laboratory.
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