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Why might it be useful for scientists to synthesize a compound that can be found in nature? Someone please Help me

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chemical compounds that occur in nature in order to gain a better understanding of their structures.
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Chemists synthesise natural chemical compounds to gain a better understanding of their structures. For research purposes, chemists can also use synthesis to create compounds that do not exist naturally.
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