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There are branches of chemistry like physical chemistry that hardly involve chemical reactions. Whereas, inorganic and organic chemistries pretty much definitely have a lot of chemical reactions involved.

Is there a collective name for organic and inorganic chemistries? Is there a single word for the branch of chemistry that deals with the possible products given some reactants and reaction conditions?

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    $\begingroup$ I think your premise is too broad. Perhaps you mean to distinguish between chemists whose work primarily involves synthesis and those who primarily deal with other aspects of chemistry? $\endgroup$
    – Ed V
    Aug 4, 2022 at 11:42
  • $\begingroup$ @EdV I do not wish to distinguish chemists. It was a question about classifying topics. $\endgroup$
    – Balu
    Aug 4, 2022 at 14:43
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    $\begingroup$ Yep, as I said. $\endgroup$
    – Ed V
    Aug 4, 2022 at 16:16

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Is there a collective name for organic and inorganic chemistries? Is there a single word for the branch of chemistry that deals with the possible products given some reactants and reaction conditions?

As a collective term, synthetic chemistry refers to a branch of chemistry that deals with chemical reactions that produce new molecules. Please keep in mind that today these chemical branches are hard to distinguish. A synthetic chemist must know a lot of practical spectroscopy (traditional physical chemistry/analytical chemistry) in order to study his /her reactions. Also physical chemists study a lot of chemical reactions.

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