In general, chemical compounds are classified into 2 types: i) ionic compounds. ii) covalent compounds. The ionic compounds are further classified into : i) inorganic compounds. ii) organometallic compounds. The covalent compounds are also classified into: i) simple inorganic compounds. ii) simple organometallic compounds. iii) simple organic compounds. iv) Macromolecular compounds or polymers. The last 2 classes are either natural or synthetic & at present, the known simple organic compounds are more than 25 millions while the polymers approach 2 millions. The known inorganic or organometallic compounds "simple or large" are nearly 200 thousand. Therefore, we live in a world in which most of the compounds are organic.
We can understand that a chemical compound is in what class by looking at the name, structure, and then by laboratory tests "which may be short or lengthy depending on the case under study".
I gave an answer several hours ago but I do not see it now. I wonder why.
there are many classifications..among them, organic/inorganic; ionic/covalent; metallic/non-metallic...etc.
Dear Mohammad, After the appearance of my contribution above, I stress that it was an attempt to combine many information in concise direct classifications. Any other suggestions for classification are welcome.
yes I know that we have many classification for chemical composition, but i have a GC-MASS analysis with 40 types of organic chemical for borago officinalis plant. now I want to know which one of these chemicals are in which class like aldehyde, terpene and etc...
The presence of one, three or five nitrogens in a compounds directs its molecular weight to an odd value. this not the case for two, four or six nitrogens. This happens for alkaloids which are often present in plant extracts..
I suggest that you go to the following website: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
The pubchem project allows you to type in common or systematic names or molecular formulas. and then you can pick the search result that matches what you are looking for. Information is provided about biological activity, substance classification, suppliers, calculated properties, related citations, crystal structures, etc. Best wishes.
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