Chemistry, definition Organic

IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry, Definitive Rules for Section A. Hydrocarbons, Section B. Fundamental Heterocyclic Systems. Butterworths, London, 1958. 

Beilstein, Handbuch der Organischen Chemie The definitive reference series on organic chemistry. 

When a Br nsted base functions catalytically by sharing an electron pair with a proton, it is acting as a general base catalyst, but when it shares the electron with an atom other than the proton it is (by definition) acting as a nucleophile. This other atom (electrophilic site) is usually carbon, but in organic chemistry it might also be, for example, phosphorus or silicon, whereas in inorganic chemistry it could be the central metal ion in a coordination complex. Here we consider nucleophilic reactions at unsaturated carbon, primarily at carbonyl carbon. Nucleophilic reactions of carboxylic acid derivatives have been well studied. These acyl transfer reactions can be represented by... 

In view of the fact that the chemistry of ring compounds has played a considerable role in the development of modern organic chemistry, the following question is definitely relevant Do cyclic sulfones and sulfoxides envisioned as a particular distinct category within this class of compounds contribute uniquely—in their own right—to the understanding of the characteristics and chemistry of the sulfone and sulfoxide functionalities and their role in organic chemistry ... 

The present Recommendations deal with the acyclic and cyclic forms of monosaccharides and their simple derivatives, as well as with the nomenclature of oligosaccharides and polysaccharides. They are additional to the Definitive Rules for the Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry [13,14] and are intended to govern those aspects of the nomenclature of carbohydrates not covered by those rules. 

That branch of chemistry which deals with the compounds of the element carbon the simpler carbon-containing compounds (such as calcium carbonate) are usually classed with inorganic chemistry and an alternative definition of organic chemistry is the chemistry of the hydrocarbons and their compounds. 

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