All living things contain carbon-based compounds, making them organic. Organic compounds are obtained directly or indirectly from plants and animals. They are even employed as a source of energy by living organisms. Examples of biomolecules include carbohydrates, fats, nucleic acids, enzymes, proteins, and hydrocarbon fuels.
Whereas, inorganic chemistry deals with non-living things. Inorganic compounds are derived from minerals. Allotropes of carbon such as graphite, diamond, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, carbides, and, the following salts of inorganic anions such as carbonate, cyanide, cyanate, and thiocyanate. Non-metals, salts, metals, acids, bases and substances derived from single elements are examples of inorganic compounds.
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