How many organic molecules are there?

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Nam D.
Apr 27, 2018

About nine million.

Explanation:

There are approximately nine million known organic compounds, thanks to carbon's great ability to form covalent bonds, up to #4# at a single time! The most important organic molecules I can think of are glucose #(C_6H_12O_6)#, #"ATP" \ (C_10H_16N_5O_13P_3)#, any amine compounds #(-NH_2)#, and any of the four nitrogenous bases found in #"DNA"#.

Source:

https://www.britannica.com/science/chemical-compound

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