how to tell if a compound is a organic or inorganic

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anonymous · Answer

@hartnn

anonymous · Answer

for excample what is CH3OH and how  ?

sweetburger · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

how ?

cuanchi · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

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

ammarshahzad · Answer

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