Question

Why carbon monoxide,carbon dioxide, carbonates, cynides, cyanates, carbides are considered inorganic?

Answer 1

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Any substance in which two or more chemical elements other than carbon are combined, nearly always in definite proportions, and all those compounds containing carbon but lacking carbon-carbon bonds (e.g., carbonates, cyanides) are called inorganic compounds. Inorganic compounds may be classified by the elements or groups they contain (e.g., oxides, sulfates). Compounds of carbon are classified as organic except for carbides, carbonates, cyanides, cyanates. This is the reason, carbon monoxide,carbon dioxide, carbonates, cyanides, cyanates, carbides are considered inorganic.

Inorganic compounds have no biological origin.