The mighty Carbon atom

A simple comparison could be said to say that organic chemistry is about living things and inorganic chemistry is about none living things. However, it is the inclusion of the carbon atom that makes the difference.  After reading an article from this website, http://vspages.com/organic-chemistry-vs-inorganic-chemistry-6373/, I found that the difference is much more complex, and that my highschool chemistry teacher knew what he was talking about. There are actually 10 times as many organic compounds than there are inorganic compounds. This is because the carbon atom is unique in a way that it can combine even thousands of carbon bonds in a single compound. I did learn how to link these carbon bonds in high school and intro chemistry so many years ago, so the uniqueness of carbon was relevant to me. With the carbon atom being the main player between the two, it separates from the original idea that its a case of living versus non living things. This changed when it was discovered that organic substances found in living creatures could easily be converted to inorganic substances found in non-living things. An example of inorganic compounds that come from organic compounds would be medicine. Now that I think about it, this makes a lot of sense!