organic molecules
Life's chemical building-blocks
Organic molecules are chemical compounds containing carbon atoms bonded to other elements, especially hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.
The term originated in chemistry when such compounds were thought to come only from living organisms, though we now synthesize them routinely.
Organic molecules range from simple methane to complex proteins and DNA.
Plastics are made of organic molecules.
- carbon compoundsMolecules containing carbon atoms
- hydrocarbonsCarbon-hydrogen organic compounds
- chemical bondsForces uniting atoms
- nucleic acidsBiopolymers carrying genetic code
- enzymesReaction-speeding proteins
alkenes · fatty acids · amino acids · alcohols · lipids · hormones · ethers · proteins · amines · biosignatures · functional groups · polymers · neurotransmitters · living organisms · carbohydrates · vitamins · living · oxygen
- Substancesmatter, elements, compounds, atoms, particles
- Early Earthprimordial soup, early life, abiogenesis, prokaryotes, single-celled organisms
- Astrochemistryinterstellar dust, cosmic dust, carbon monoxide, methanol, formaldehyde
- spectroscopyspectrum, spectrometer, spectroscope, spectrograph, spectrogram
- biosignaturesbiosignatures, biomarkers, oxygen, methane, ozone
- diamagnetsbismuth, graphite, diamond, quartz
organic moleculesminerals
Inorganic natural solids
salts · silicates · carbonates · water · noble gases
organic moleculessynthetic fertilizers
Industrially produced plant nutrients
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