what is an organic compound made out of
Organic compound. An organic compound is virtually any chemical compound that contains carbon, although a consensus definition remains elusive and likely arbitrary.[1] Organic compounds are rare terrestrially, but of central importance because all known life is based on organic compounds.
To keep it simple, remember it this way: organic compounds always contain carbon and hydrogen (and maybe some other elements), inorganic compounds do not contain carbon and hydrogen together. Organic compounds are found in living things, their wastes, and their remains.ehydration Synthesis vs Hydrolysis : All of the organic compounds we will study are examples of polymers. A polymer is a large chemical compound composed of smaller repeating units --- over & over & over again. Like a long choo-choo train is made up of smaller connected, repeating, choo-choo cars.