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THE chemistry of the compounds of carbon covers a wide field, wider than that covered by any other element. Its scope embraces all living matter, as well as the vast number of non-living substances which are produced through the agency of life. Moreover, it includes a very great number of compounds unrelated to life or to living processes which have been built up by the chemist in the laboratory by methods he has devised.
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THORPE, J. The Scope of Organic Chemistry1. Nature 118, 483–486 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118483a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/118483a0