What atom forms the skeleton of organic compounds?

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Sharon
Jan 21, 2017

carbon

Explanation:

Carbon forms the backbone of all organic molecules in living things.
The properties which make it able to do this are:

  • it can form 4 covalent bonds
  • it can bond with itself to form carbon skeletons of varying length, branching and ring structure.
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