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Chapter 2, Problem 2.17P
Thymine, one of the four basesin deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), has the following structure.What is the chemical formula of thymine? In writing the formula, list the element symbols in alphabetical order, and givethe number of each element as a subscript.
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