Talk:Inorganic compound
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Somehow this page was upside down - it defined Inorganic compounds as though they were organic (carbon containing)
Checking the history I see that it was me that wrote the original. Must have mentally slid between talking organic and inorganic compounds.
C-H bond definition for organics
Is this a hard & fast rule? I can believe that ALL compounds with a C-H bond are organic, but I do not believe that ALL compounds WITHOUT a C-H bond are inorganic. For example, oxalic acid, even uric acid would be under this definition be inorganic! I subscribe to the view given in the inorganic chemistry page that organics are defined as "based on carbon", but the division between the two fields is not absolute. I'd like to get others' views before I edit this page further. Walkerma 00:50, 3 May 2005 (UTC)