. The problem with building lipids, carbon by carbon, is that carbons with only

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. The problem with building lipids, carbon by carbon, is that carbons with only H's on them are not reactive they will not be able to stitch themselves together into chains even with the help of enzymes. To link the carbons together, polar atoms like oxygen are needed to help move the electrons around so that bonds can be formed between the carbons. But then, carbons with a bunch of oxygen on them are sugars, not lipids, so once they've helped with the chemistry, the oxygens need to be taken off. In what two chemical forms are the oxygens removed?

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C6H12O6 +6O2 - 6Co2 +6H2O + energy

Hence oxygen is removed in the form of water(h2o) and carbon dioxide oxide(Co2)

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