The structural and functional diversity of organic molecules emerges from the ability of carbon to form large, complex and diverse molecules by bonding to itself and to other elements such as H, O, N, S and Chapter 4 Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life I. Organic chemistry. Variations in carbon skeletons and the addition of functional groups. Hydrocarbons - A. B. Types of functional groups 1. 2.
Functional groups can influence the function of sex hormones.