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... organic com- pounds are just those that contain car- bon . What experiments were historically important in dispelling the myth that organic molecules are products of supernatural vital forces ? The example that's usually cited is ...
... organic com- pounds are just those that contain car- bon . What experiments were historically important in dispelling the myth that organic molecules are products of supernatural vital forces ? The example that's usually cited is ...
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... organic compounds in their laboratories . In 1828 , Friedrich Wöhler , a German chemist who had studied with Ber- zelius , attempted to make an inorganic salt , ammo- nium cyanate , by mixing solutions of ammonium ( NH4 ) and cyanate ...
... organic compounds in their laboratories . In 1828 , Friedrich Wöhler , a German chemist who had studied with Ber- zelius , attempted to make an inorganic salt , ammo- nium cyanate , by mixing solutions of ammonium ( NH4 ) and cyanate ...
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... molecules that are mirror images . H2N CH3 Figure 4.6 Mirror H2N COH CH3 C = C Different types of isomers . Compounds with the same molecular formula but different structures , isomers are a source of diversity in organic molecules ...
... molecules that are mirror images . H2N CH3 Figure 4.6 Mirror H2N COH CH3 C = C Different types of isomers . Compounds with the same molecular formula but different structures , isomers are a source of diversity in organic molecules ...
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Themes in the Study of Life | 1 |
UNIT ONE The Chemistry of Life | 15 |
Atoms Molecules and Chemical Bonds | 20 |
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