On Aug 12, 2007, at 10:36 AM, Paul Newton wrote:
> One could argue that biochemistry is a sub-domain or specialisation of
> organic chemistry ... Organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon
> compounds excluding the "inorganic"" carbon compounds such as carbon
> dioxide, carbonates etc
I believe that's the derivation of the term 'organic': its
prevalence among living systems. Otherwise, it should surely be
called 'carbonic chemistry', no?
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