organic molecules

1. The smallest units of organic compounds. Important examples of these molecules are based on chains of carbon atoms and come in four major categories: proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids (DNA and RNA).

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It belongs to a group of relatively small organic molecules known as polyamines.

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It belongs to the so-called polyamines, which are relatively small organic molecules.

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Ketones appear throughout organic molecules, which is why chemists are eager to create new reactions that take advantage of them when forming chemical bonds.

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In a finding that could change how scientists understand the spread of life's ingredients across space, astronomers have detected large organic molecules frozen in ice around a forming star called ST6 in a galaxy beyond the Milky Way.

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"We currently only have one source in the Large Magellanic Cloud and only four sources with detection of these complex organic molecules in ices in the Milky Way. We need larger samples from both to confirm our initial results that indicate differences in COM abundances between these two galaxies," Sewilo said.

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