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Organic molecules are substances found in living things, the four main classes are carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids.

The original definition of organic chemicals were ones that could only be made by living things (organisms, thus the name) never in a lab. Then chemists gradually learned how to make a few of them. The definition was changed to complicated compounds containing the element carbon. This usually requires a minimum of 2 carbon atoms per molecule. Now we can make many of them in industrial quantities. An organic molecule are built around chains of carbon atoms and are the molecules of life. The four main groups of organic molecules are proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, and carbohydrates.

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