ABSTRACT

In this chapter, we provide a brief introduction to organic chemistry. The chemical properties of biological molecules play a crucial role in making all known life possible and so any discussion of molecular biology would have to necessarily include some discussion of organic chemistry. Although the discussion here is far from exhaustive, it is essentially self-contained and should provide a good introduction to anyone who has had some exposure to basic chemistry in the past. For a more detailed treatment, the reader is referred to [2].