Ed Leafe wrote: > 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? > > -- Ed Leafe > -- http://leafe.com > -- http://dabodev.com Ed
Yes, that is the derivation of the term organic chemistry - but now of course it includes the chemistry of other organic compounds which do not occur naturally (or at least do not occur in living systems). Paul Newton _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
