Basic introduction to concepts in organic chemistry at adichemistry

Let us start with the question "What is Organic chemistry?".

The simple answer is: It is the chemistry of carbon containing compounds, which are otherwise known as organic compounds.

So it is pretty easy to recognize that we should start our journey of organic chemistry by exploring the chemical nature of carbon.

So the next question is: What is carbon?

    * Carbon is an element with atomic number (Z) = 6.

    * Its ground state electronic configuration can be represented as: 1s²2s²2p² (or) 1s²2s²2p_x¹2p_y¹2p_z⁰

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