TheInorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD) in its definition of "inorganic" carbon compounds, states that such compounds may containeither C-H or C-C bonds, but not both.[7]
The book seriesInorganic Syntheses does not define inorganic compounds. The majority of its content deals with metal complexes of organic ligands.[8]
IUPAC does not offer a definition of "inorganic" or "inorganic compound" but does defineinorganic polymer as "...skeletal structure that does not include carbon atoms."[9]
^Dan Berger, Bluffton College, analysis of varying inappropriate definitions of the inorganic-organic distinction: Otherwise consistent linked material differing from current article in downplaying the carbon present vs carbon absent distinctive:[1]
^May, Paul."Urea".Molecules in Motion. Imperial College London.Archived from the original on 2015-03-17.
^Cohen, Paul S.; Cohen, Stephen M. (1996). "Wöhler's Synthesis of Urea: How do the Textbooks Report It?".Journal of Chemical Education.73 (9): 883.doi:10.1021/ed073p883.
^Ramberg, Peter J. (2000). "The Death of Vitalism and the Birth of Organic Chemistry: Wohler's Urea Synthesis and the Disciplinary Identity of Organic Chemistry".Ambix.47 (3):170–195.doi:10.1179/amb.2000.47.3.170.PMID11640223.S2CID44613876.
