structural formula

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Camphor, C10H16O, is a ketone, having the following structural formula: There are a considerable number of essential oils which are phenols.

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Chemical reference books came in for a special roasting, because: "either that lousy book is incomplete, or this structural formula is out of this world."

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Such formulas as H-O-H and H-O-O-H are known as structural formulas, because they are intended to show what is known in regard to the arrangement of the atoms in the molecules.

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With the structural formula of Harries as a clue chemists all over the world plunged into the problem with renewed hope.

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Having thus endeavored to sketch each different kind of Echinoderm, let us try to forget them all in their individuality, and think only of the structural formula that applies equally to each.

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