Is an organic compound that contains only the elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen is most likely a carbohydrate, a protein, or DNA? Why?
1 Answer
Dec 6, 2016
It is clearly a carbohydrate.
Explanation:
Proteins, including DNA, contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, and ALSO NITROGEN; the presence of nitrogen is characteristic. Without nitrogen, the material cannot be a protein or DNA.
Just to add that the clue is in the very name...