BIO 121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Stanley Miller, Chemical Formula, Structural Formula
11 Apr 2017
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Bio chapter 4: carbon and the molecular diversity of life. 4. 1 organic chemistry is the study if carbon compounds. Compounds containing carbon are organic, their study is called organic chemistry. Organic compounds range from simple molecules (ex: methane ch4) to colossal ones such as proteins with thousands of atoms: organic molecules and the origin of life. Organic compounds were once thought to only arise within living organisms. Stanley miller (1953) helped bring abiotic (nonliving) synthesis of organic compounds into the context of evolution. Results: miller identified variety of organic molecules that are common in organisms (simple molecules ch2o and. Hcn and complex molecules amino acids and long chains of carbon and hydrogen known as hydrocarbons. Overall percentages of the major elements of live c, h, o, n, s, and p are quite uniform from one organism to another, reflecting the common evolutionary origin of all life.
