Starting from formaldehyde, ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, carbon dioxide, ethene and water as needed, speculate how the sugar glucose, the amino acid aspartic acid, and the nucleobase adenine may have formed prebiotically, using the chemical structure for each compound and a balanced reaction equation between them.

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Q: Draw the structure of cellulose and amylose and state their structural similarities and differences

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Q: What carbon in uracil is derived from carbon dioxide? Drawthe structure to illustrate your answer

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Q: Speculate on the properties of proteins and peptides if none of the common amino acids contained…

A: A protein is a complex substance that consists of amino acids residues joined by peptide bonds.

Q: Illustrate below the outline for the acidic hydrolysis of starch

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Q: Alpha and beta forms of sugars are related as? identical meso diastereomers enantiomers

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Q: Distinguish between a nitrogenous base and a base found in inorganic chemistry.

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Q: Explain how lipids originated from the human body?

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Q: Compare and contrast the types of bonds used to form molecules.

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Q: Describe the composition of a salt and explain the ways in which salts are important in organisms.

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