How is the study of simple molecules relevant to larger biological molecules?
any help much appreciated 
Is this an essay question? What level are you working at?
If its an undergraduate essay-type question then topics of discussion could be:
All the elements used will be the same as basic organic compounds, resulting in the same primary bonding interactions.
Hydrogen bonding is incredibly important in proteins and DNA so studying H-bonding in water may be helpful...
Understand important relationships - such as the relationship between bond distance and bond energy (so can use one to estimate the other)
Techniques used to characterise them (IR, NMR, X-ray crystallography) are similar (but much more complicated for biological molecules)
As I see it the crux is that a large biological molecule is just more complicated - the basic principles of the study of molecules is the same...
If its an undergraduate essay-type question then topics of discussion could be:
All the elements used will be the same as basic organic compounds, resulting in the same primary bonding interactions.
Hydrogen bonding is incredibly important in proteins and DNA so studying H-bonding in water may be helpful...
Understand important relationships - such as the relationship between bond distance and bond energy (so can use one to estimate the other)
Techniques used to characterise them (IR, NMR, X-ray crystallography) are similar (but much more complicated for biological molecules)
As I see it the crux is that a large biological molecule is just more complicated - the basic principles of the study of molecules is the same...
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