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Although carbon is not the element most common to the world, it is one o
f most flexible. Organic compounds are composed of hydrogen and carbon m
olecules, but can also contain other elements. Some of the most common e
lements found in the organic compounds include oxygen, the halogens, nit
rogen, and sometimes sulfur or phosphorus.
The majority of the organic compounds in covalence are stuck, which enable
s them to form long, complex carbon chains and rings. The carbon atoms are
very stable, and can form the stable covalent bonds between them (known l
ike concatenation). With the difference of the materials not-organics, the
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organic compounds usually will melt or break up if exposed at the tempera
tures below 300 degrees of Centigrade. Another characteristic of the organ
ic compounds is that they tend to being more soluble in the organic solven
ts. Solubility, however, always depends on the total structure of made up
and the current functional groups. A functional group refers to the parts
of a molecule which compose its specific chemical nature.
Perhaps the most important types and the majority as of most studied orga
nic compounds are those which contain nitrogen. These compounds contain u
sually parts of the group of animated. When the group of animated combine
s with the carboxylic group, the amino-acids were born. Amino-acids are r
egarded as the blocks constitutive of proteins.
The scientists and the researchers employ several types of methods in orde
r to determine the molecular structure of an organic compound. Here the mo
st common methods currently in service: