DO NOT CONTAIN CARBON

CAN HAVE ONLY ONE CARBON AND ONE OXYGEN BUT NO HYDROGEN

CONTAIN ONE OR MORE CARBONS LINKED TOGETHER

USUALLY HAVE HYDROGEN ON CARBON

MOST ARE FOUND IN LIVING ORGANISMS OR IN TEST LABS

100,000 ORGANIC COMPOUNDS MADE YEARLY!

CAN BE FROM 2- THOUSANDS OF CARBONS LONG

HAS 4-E BONDING SITES

COVALENTLY BONDS WITH OTHER ELEMENTS

3 DEMENSTIONAL SHAPE IS TREHTRAHEDAL

MAKES VERY STABLE BONDS

CAN MAKE SINGLE OR DOUBLE OR TRIPLE BONDS WITH OTHER CARBONS

ORGANIC POLYMERS BUILT FROM OTHER MONOMERS

COMBINGING CARBONS...ISOMERS

ISO- THE SAME

MONO- THINGY

ISOMERS HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF CARBON BUT DIFFERENT ARRANGMENTS

COMBINES MONOMERS BY DEHYDRATING SYNTHESIS

ONE MONOMER LOSES AN OH-

ANOTHER MONOMOER LOSES AN H+