Identify each of the following as a formula of an organic or inorganic compound. For an organic compound, indicate if represented as molecular formula, expanded, or condensed structural formula:


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Identify each of the following properties as more typical of an organic or inorganic compound:

c. contains carbon and hydrogen

Identify each of the following properties as more typical of an organic or inorganic compound:

b. is a gas at room temperature

Identify each of the following properties as more typical of an organic or inorganic compound:

c. contains covalent bonds

Identify each of the following as a formula of an organic or inorganic compound. For an organic compound, indicate if represented as molecular formula, expanded, or condensed structural formula:

b. K₃PO₄

Tetrachloroethane (C₂H₂Cl₄) has been used as an industrial solvent to produce paint removers and pesticides. It is classified as an organic compound. Which feature of this molecule makes it organic?

Which of the following compounds has the most branched structure?

What characteristics of carbon make possible the existence of so many different organic compounds?

Why are most organic compounds nonconducting and insoluble in water?