NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The discovery is one of the most significant findings in the search for ...

The alkanes are a homologous series with a structure based on a carbon chain ... Polymers close polymerA large molecule formed from many identical smaller molecules known as monomers.

Light alkanes are ... in linear or branching structures. Their oxidized counterparts, which include alcohols, epoxides, ketones, and aldehydes, are ubiquitous in the chemical industry, as they ...