Libre Texts: Chemistry: Structure of Organic Molecules

Here you will learn how to understand, write, draw, and talk-the-talk of organic molecules. Why were different drawing techniques developed? Organic molecules can get complicated and large. It is a tedious to have to constantly draw out every detail, especially when not necessary, so the o-chemist of the past developed these techniques to make it more convenient and easy. In addition, some of these shorthand ways of drawing molecules give us insight into the bond angles, relative positions of atoms in the molecule, and some eliminate the numerous hydrogens that can get in the way of looking at the backbone of the structure.