How did organic compounds get their name? How is the word related to its meaning.

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anonymous · Answer

In relation to Macromolecules.

anonymous · Answer

by the number of the longest carbon bond, the number of certain group joined-to the carbon and...ur question is quite general

blues · Answer

Organic compounds are usually much smaller than macromolecules. Macromolecules are, by definition, composed of multiple subunits and are usually incredibly large. Think of a ribosome (enormous, tens of thousands of atoms) as compared to a simple alkane like butane (tiny, ten atoms). 

There is a whole system of very strict nomenclature for naming each individual organic compound, if that's what you're actually asking about.