7^th European Food Chemistry Congress

Chemistry of Organic Matter

The study of the composition, characteristics, and reactivity of organic compounds—which have carbon bonded to other elements in covalent bonds—is known as organic chemistry. Their structural formula is determined by studying structure. Physical and chemical parameters are studied, and chemical reactivity is assessed to comprehend behavior. The chemical synthesis of natural products, medications, and polymers, as well as the laboratory and theoretical (in silico) analysis of individual organic molecules, are all included in the study of organic reactions.
Hydrocarbons, or compounds that just include carbon and hydrogen, as well as carbon-based compounds that also contain other elements—particularly oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus (found in many biochemicals), and halogens—are among the variety of chemicals investigated in organic chemistry. The study of molecules with carbon–metal linkages is known as organometallic chemistry.Furthermore, organic chemistry including additional organometallics, such as lanthanides, but particularly the transition metals zinc, copper, palladium, nickel, cobalt, titanium, and chromium, is the main focus of current research.