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New Theories / Re: Is Amino Acid a misnomer
« on: 10/09/2024 21:59:51 »
Amino acids are not "a type of carbon". Graphite and diamond and both types of carbon, but molecules that contain other elements like nitrogen, hydrogen and oxygen are not. They are compounds.
Acids can contain carbon. Take a look at phenol, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenol
If you have a substance, dissolve it in water, and the resulting solution has a pH below 7, then it is an acid. You can get into deeper details than that, like specific kinds of acids like Lewis acids, Bronsted-Lowry acids and Arrhenius acids.
You are simply mistaken.
Acids can contain carbon. Take a look at phenol, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenol
If you have a substance, dissolve it in water, and the resulting solution has a pH below 7, then it is an acid. You can get into deeper details than that, like specific kinds of acids like Lewis acids, Bronsted-Lowry acids and Arrhenius acids.
You are simply mistaken.