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The role of vitamin E present in cereal Cheerios needs to be explained.
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Organic compounds are the compounds that are mainly composed of C and H atoms. The branch of chemistry that deals with the preparation, reactions, and properties of organic compounds. The molecular formula of an organic compound represents the number of bonded atoms with their atomic symbols. The structural formula represents all the bonded atoms with
In organic compounds, the presence of different functional groupsis responsible for the unique chemical and physical properties of these compounds. Some common examples of
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