Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design

Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Organic chemistry is a chemistry sub development involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic materials, i.e., elements in its various forms that contain hydrocarbon atoms. Applications of structure consist of many physical and chemical methods to determine the chemical composition and the chemical constitution of organic compounds and materials. Study of properties includes both physical chemistry properties and chemical properties, and uses identical methods as well as methods to evaluate chemical reactivity, with the aim to understand the behavior of the organic matter in its natural form (when possible), but also in solutions, mixtures, and fabricated forms. The study of organic reactions includes probing their opportunity through use in preparation of target compounds e.g., natural products, drugs, polymers, etc. by chemical synthesis, as well as the focused study of the reactivities of individual organic molecules, both in the laboratory and theoretical study.

The range of chemicals studied in organic chemistry include hydrocarbons, as well as myriad compositions based always on carbon, but also contains other elements, especially oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus and the radiostable elements of the halogens.