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Organic chemistry plays a key role in all walks of life. comment

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Organic chemistry is everywhere. Anything involving our body, i.e. all the major types of biological molecules (lipids, carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids) are organic molecules include organic chemistry. Carbon is the single element that makes up most of life -- organic chemistry studies are all carbon based compounds.

Food, agriculture (pesticides, herbicides), medication (drugs), fuels (petroleum, natural gas, coal, etc), our clothes (wool, cotton, leather, synthetics), cooking, commodities we use (wood, plastic) artificial fibres, cleaning, cosmetics, etc. organic chemistry plays an important role.


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