Glucose and hexanoic acid each contain six carbon atoms, but they have completely different properties. Glucose is a nutrient found in food; hexanoic acid is poisonous. Their differences must be due to different _____.

A. monomers
B. macromolecules
C. isomers
D. quaternary structures
E. functional groups


Answer: E. functional groups

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