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Carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2) are molecular compounds containing the elements carbon and oxygen. There is no compound named carbon oxygen.

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  1. Carbon is an element, atomic symbol C.
  2. Oxygen is an element, di-atomic molecule with symbol O2.
  3. Carbon dioxide is a compound with molecular formula CO2, where the two elements (C and O2) are bonded together.
  4. Carbon monoxide is a compound, (very different from carbon dioxide), with molecular formula CO, where the two elements (C and O2) are bonded together in a different way.
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