Organic chemistry

Organic chemistry is the study of molecules containing chains of carbon atoms (i.e. carbon-carbon bonds).

Hydrocarbons

Hydrocarbons are molecules composed entirely of carbon and hydrogen. See the main article.

Organometallics

Organometallic compounds are molecules containing metal-carbon bonds. For example, buttyllithium ($C_{6}H_{5}Li$) is a hydrocarbon ring in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced with a lithium atom.

See also

• Chemistry of silicon

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