Question

how to tell if a compound is a organic or inorganic

Answer 1

@hartnn

Answer 2

for excample what is CH3OH and how ?

Answer 3

its an organic compound and i believe it has an alcohol functional group

Answer 4

how ?

Answer 5

that looks like the formula of methanol, or methyl alcohol that it is the same with different names.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol

Answer 6

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111018152041AAGFuZg

Answer 7

you can fairly easy learn your functional groups, and look at carbon-carbon interactions, those 2 hints should give it away!!

Answer 8

If a compound contains Hydrogen, carbon, oxygen or their derivatives than the compound is organic but if it5 doesn't contain Hydrogen, carbon, oxygen or their derivatives than the compound is inorganic