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They are Hydrates (containing water) of Carbon. Carbo-Hydrate. This name was established before the actual chemical structure of these molecules was well known and not all carbohydrates follow the following formula but...

The Chemical Formula for (most) carbohydrates is:

CxH2xOx or... Cx(H2O)x.

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