organic chemistry
noun
: a branch of chemistry that is concerned with carbon and especially carbon compounds which are found in living things
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These figures place the organic prototype within the performance envelope of conventional lithium-ion batteries, while introducing a new materials platform based on organic chemistry rather than metal-heavy cathodes, CarNewsChina writes.
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 Feb. 2026
It is not considered an organic compound from an organic chemistry standpoint.
—Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
Therefore, understanding the organic chemistry of the LMC can also help teach us about the organic chemistry of the early universe, in particular how soon the building blocks of life were able to form.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Faur, also the executive vice president of Buzz Aldrin Ventures, studied organic chemistry technology at Politehnica University Timisoara in Romania and spent seven years as a chemical engineer and university research assistant in her home country.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
This includes courses such as the notoriously recondite organic chemistry as well as biology, general chemistry, and physics.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Harder than organic chemistry, and with more memorization.
—D. Graham Burnett, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2025
Instead, researchers at IBM took the kind of AI program normally used to translate languages and applied it toward organic chemistry.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Dec. 2017
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 Feb. 2026
It is not considered an organic compound from an organic chemistry standpoint.
—Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
Therefore, understanding the organic chemistry of the LMC can also help teach us about the organic chemistry of the early universe, in particular how soon the building blocks of life were able to form.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Faur, also the executive vice president of Buzz Aldrin Ventures, studied organic chemistry technology at Politehnica University Timisoara in Romania and spent seven years as a chemical engineer and university research assistant in her home country.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
This includes courses such as the notoriously recondite organic chemistry as well as biology, general chemistry, and physics.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Harder than organic chemistry, and with more memorization.
—D. Graham Burnett, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2025
Instead, researchers at IBM took the kind of AI program normally used to translate languages and applied it toward organic chemistry.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Dec. 2017
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“Organic chemistry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/organic%20chemistry. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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