I We have seen in earlier chapters how carbon forms tetrahedral bonds.
Organic chemistry is a branch of chemistry that deals with covalent bonded carbon only.
We have seen earlier how carbon can form long chain or cyclic molecules. Organic compounds are classified into two group namely aliphatic or open chain compounds and aromatic or closed chain compounds. For the present syllabus we will be studying in details only the aliphatic compounds. What we will study in this chapter 1. Classification of aliphatic compounds 2.