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hydroxyl group carbonyl group azo group nitro group methylene group mercapto group formyl group ethyl group carboxyl group alkyl group protein hormone lipid carboxylic acid hydrocarbon heterocyclic compound organosulfur compound nucleic acid carbohydrate steroid

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Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas, engraving, 1879

Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas

French chemist