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Slight correction and/or distinction here: organic molecules are formed by organic reactions. Organic does not imply biological, merely carbon chemistry. Addition, substitution, Diels-Alder, etc. etc. There is nothing special going on here, it's just how we organize and typify common themes and patterns.

Organic has a precise meaning to the chemist. See my other reply in the grandparent thread for further elaboration.



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