What are the simplest organic molecules, consisting of hydrogen and oxygen?

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Answer 1 · 2017-06-12T14:34:40

#"Alcohols, ethers, epoxides, carboxylic acids........."#

Simple organic molecules are characterized by the presence of #C,H, N,# and #O# atoms. A few examples are.........

#CH_3OH#, #"methanol"#;

#H_2C=O#, #"acetaldehyde"#;

#H_4C#, #"methane"#;

#HC(=O)OH#, #"formic acid"#;

#H_2NCH_2C(=O)OH#, #"glycine"#.

There are a lot of other examples.................