Organic Chemistry For Dummies -

Carbon usually hangs out with Hydrogen (1 bond), Oxygen (2 bonds), and Nitrogen (3 bonds). You can remember this using the acronym HONC (1, 2, 3, 4 bonds respectively). 2. Drawing the Molecules (The Secret Code)

Change one atom, and you change a medicine into a poison. Organic Chemistry for DUMMIES

These are "polymers"—massive, repeating chains of carbon. Carbon usually hangs out with Hydrogen (1 bond),

Chemists are lazy, so they don’t like drawing every single letter. They use : Drawing the Molecules (The Secret Code) Change one

Hydrogen atoms are usually not drawn. Since we know Carbon needs four bonds, we just assume any "missing" bonds are attached to invisible Hydrogens. 3. Functional Groups: The Personality Traits

Aspirin and Ibuprofen are just specific shapes of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen.

These often smell fishy or like decay; they are the building blocks of proteins. 4. Nomenclature: How to Name Things