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Non-Carbon Organic Molecules?

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Non-Carbon Organic Molecules?
When any element other than carbon that can make three or more covalent bonds combines, it makes compounds that are too soft, too hard, too
reactive, or too inert to be useful in supporting life. Consider silicon. (a) The silicon-oxygen pair that creates the backbone of silicone is too inert to allow such molecules to react rapidly and thereby serve as organic molecules. Furthermore, these bonds produce gel or liquid compounds, as shown.
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