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Protein-carbohydrate compounds are called?

Protein= (CHON) carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. Carbohydrates= (CHO) carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.


Do oxygen and hydrogen represent the same compound?

No. Hydrogen and oxygen are elements, not compounds. They are not the same.


What are the scientific symbols for compounds called?

Compounds are one or more elements combined to make a compound. Like H2o is oxygen and hydrogen combined.


Organice compounds that have a negative Oxygen Hydrogen functional group?

Organic compounds with an oxygen hydrogen functional group are either alcohols or carboxylic acids


Petrol is a compound containing carbon and hydrogen when it is burnt in an engine it reacts with oxygen what are some of the substances called?

carbon dioxide.

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What are groups of compounds containing carbon hydrogen and oxygen?

Carbohydrate


Alcohols are organic compounds that contain?

Hydrocarbons are the organic compounds containing molecules with carbon and hydrogen.


What are compounds of carbon hydrogen and oxygen called?

Carbohydrates.


What is a organic compound'?

Organic compounds are compounds containing carbon and hydrogen covalently bonded with one another.


What are molecules consisting of carbon hydrogen and oxygen?

Such compounds are called "carbohydrates", if they contain hydrogen atoms and oxygen atoms in an atomic ratio of 2:1, as most compounds containing only the three specified elements do.


Protein-carbohydrate compounds are called?

Protein= (CHON) carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. Carbohydrates= (CHO) carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.


Are hydrogen and oxygen compounds or elements?

Hydrogen and oxygen are elements.


Why can a compound containing carbon nitrogen and carbon oxygen single bonds can form coordinate covalent bonds with hydrogen but compounds containing only carbon hydrogen and carbon carb bonds cannot?

carbohydrates


What elements do organic compounds called alcohols contain?

carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen


Is a sugar a chemical change?

Sugar is a chemical compound or rather a group of compounds containing carbon oxygen and hydrogen, not a chemical change.


How do you make oxygen from chemicals?

Since oxygen is an element, it can not be made from chemicals. Instead, it can be separated from compounds. For example, water is made from molecules containing hydrogen and oxygen. When the bond between these two elements is broken by electrolysis, both the oxygen and the hydrogen can be collected.


What is elemental composition of mix soda lime and starch?

soda can refer to any of several different compounds containing the element sodium (e.g. washing soda [sodium, carbon, and oxygen], baking soda [sodium, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen], caustic soda [sodium, hydrogen, and oxygen], sodium oxide [sodium and oxygen])lime can refer to any of several different compounds containing the element calcium (e.g. limestone [calcium, carbon, and oxygen], slaked lime [calcium, hydrogen, and oxygen], quicklime [calcium and oxygen])starch is a carbohydrate and is composed of the elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen