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Name a few sources of organic chemistry ?
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Solution
- Plants: (Cellulose, sugar, starch and drugs)
- Animals: (urea, fats, proteins)
- Coal: (benzene, toluene, naphthalene, dyes, drugs, perfumes)
- Petroleum: (gasoline, naphtha)
- Fermentation: (ethyl alcohol, acetic acid)
- Wood: (methyl alcohol, acetone)
- Synthetic methods: (most organic compounds are synthesized in the laboratory)
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