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- DictionaryOr·gan·ic chem·is·try/ôrˈɡanik ˈkeməstrē/
noun
- 1. the chemistry of carbon compounds (other than simple salts such as carbonates, oxides, and carbides).
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11 hours ago · Organic chemistry is the branch of chemistry that focuses on the study of carbon-containing compounds, along with their properties, structure, composition, reactions, and synthesis. It is a fundamental discipline with vast significance across various fields, ranging from pharmaceuticals and agriculture to materials science and environmental ...
4 days ago · This section of professor Reich's collection contains fundamental information on Organic Chemistry including symbolic notation using arrows and designating stereochemistry; bond formation; synthons for C-C bond formation; typical nucleophiles and electrophiles; A-values (Conformational energies); and an electronegativities periodic table.
4 days ago · An amino acid is an organic molecule that is made up of a basic amino group (−NH 2), an acidic carboxyl group (−COOH), and an organic R group (or side chain) that is unique to each amino acid. The term amino acid is short for α-amino [alpha-amino] carboxylic acid .
4 days ago · Organic chemistry is, at the most basic level, the study of how compounds containing carbon atoms react. Organic compounds are vitally important to life. The proteins that serve as the structural and functional basis of living organisms, the drug molecules that are used to treat diseases, and the petroleum compounds that serve as an energy ...
2 days ago · DNA, organic chemical of complex molecular structure found in all prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. It codes genetic information for the transmission of inherited traits. The structure of DNA was described in 1953, leading to further understanding of DNA replication and hereditary control of cellular activities.
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- Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is an organic chemical that contains genetic information and instructions for protein synthesis. It is found in most ce...
- DNA is made of nucleotides. A nucleotide has two components: a backbone, made from the sugar deoxyribose and phosphate groups, and nitrogenous base...
- The discovery of DNA’s double-helix structure is credited to the researchers James Watson and Francis Crick, who, with fellow researcher Maurice Wi...
- Gene editing today is mostly done through a technique called Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR), adopted from a bac...
- DNA is the master blueprint for life and constitutes the genetic material in all free-living organisms. RNA uses DNA to code for the structure of p...
2 days ago · Organic Chemistry is an eminently experimental science that is based on a well-established theoretical framework where the basic aspects are well established but at the same time are under constant development. This book is divided into three parts.
3 days ago · Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), any of several organic compounds composed of carbon, fluorine, and chlorine. When CFCs also contain hydrogen in place of one or more chlorines, they are called hydrochlorofluorocarbons, or HCFCs.
