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hydroxyl group carbonyl group formyl group azo group carboxyl group alkyl group ethyl group nitro group methylene group aldehydo 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