Is a saturated fatty acid considered an organic compound?


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Yes it is. A fatty acid is considered to be a carboxylic acid (organic acid). Carboxylic acids contain carbon and oxygen. Since organic chemistry is simply the discipline about the chemistry of carbon and hydrogen, then the fatty acid is organic.


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