What groups of molecules are involved in photosynthesis?

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What groups of molecules are involved in photosynthesis?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-04T12:44:21

Are you looking for inorganic molecules?

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Well, photosynthesis is the process of plants making food in the form of sugars. The chemical equation for the process is:

$6 C O_{2} (g) + 6 H_{2} O (l) sunlight chlorophyll - ----- \to 6 O_{2} (g) + C_{6} H_{12} O_{6} (a q)$ $6CO_2(g)+6H_2O(l)stackrel("sunlight")stackrel("chlorophyll")->6O_2(g)+C_6H_12O_6(aq)$

$C O_{2}$ $CO_2$ is widely considered inorganic due to it not having a hydrogen atom in its structure and water is definitely inorganic because of the lack of carbon atoms.

So, I'd say that inorganic molecules are involved in photosynthesis to produce organic molecules, such as glucose $(C_{6} H_{12} O_{6})$ $(C_6H_12O_6)$ and $ATP$ $"ATP"$ .

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