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[-] Mo5560@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

Sorry for awkward sentences

Don't be sorry, you're communicating quite clearly.

And, just for the record, I do agree that the term "organic" is daft when referring to food. The term is entirely arbitrary and I wish we had a food certificate that was actually based on scientific factors (like impact on environment etc.)...

They need to have orbital hybridization

This one is often cited as a factor (because it excludes carbides like e.g. WC, TiC, TaC) but afaik it's not true. Carbon in graphite is sp2 hybridised, in diamond it's sp3 hybridised, both are explicitly excluded from the definition of organic.

Side note: I am unsure whether graphene falls under the definition of organic. Depending on how you look at it, it's just a huge aromatic molecule. Don't get me started on nanoribbons which are synthesized from organic precursors...
But I know people doing research on graphene, and I don't think they would care about that definition. It simply doesn't matter.

Side note^2: While CO_2 is also explicitly excluded from being organic, it can be used as an educt in organic reactions (e.g. Preparing Phenylacetic Acid from Benzyl chloride and CO_2)

[-] uis@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Carbon in graphite is sp2 hybridised, in diamond it's sp3 hybridised

Didn't expect this.

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