inorganic compound

compound /com·pound/ (kom´pownd)

1. made up of two or more parts or ingredients.

2. a substance made up of two or more materials.

3. in chemistry, a substance consisting of two or more elements in union.

4. to combine to form a whole; unite.

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clathrate compounds  inclusion complexes in which molecules of one type are trapped within cavities of another substance, such as within a crystalline lattice structure or large molecule.

inorganic compound  a compound of chemical elements containing no carbon atoms.

organic compound  a compound of chemical elements containing carbon atoms.

organometallic compound  one in which carbon is linked to a metal.

quaternary ammonium compound  an organic compound containing a quaternary ammonium group, a nitrogen atom carrying a single positive charge bonded to four carbon atoms, e.g., choline.

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inorganic compound

n.

A compound that does not contain hydrocarbon groups.