Saturday, July 11, 2009
These chemical are real and they really do call them by these names.
Arsole: (C4H5As), an analogue of pyrrole in which an arsenic atom replaces the nitrogen atom. The aromaticity of arsoles has been debated for many years.[9] The compound in which a benzene ring is fused to arsole — typically on the carbon atoms 3 and 4 — is known as benzarsole.
Barrelene: (C8H8), the name derives from the obvious resemblance with a barrel.
Bastardane: a close relative to adamantane and its proper name is ethano-bridged noradamantane. Because its unusual ethano-bridge was a deviation from the standard hydrocarbon caged rearrangements, it came to be known as bastardane—the unwanted child.
Constipatic acid: [2-(14’-hydroxypentadecyl)-4-methyl-5-oxo-2,5-dihydrofuran-3-carboxylic acid], an aliphatic acid derived from the Australian Xanthoparmelia lichen.
Crapinon: an anticholinergic drug, one side effect of which is constipation
Cubane: a hydrocarbon whose eight carbon atoms occupy the vertices of a cube.
Cummingtonite: ((Mg,Fe)7Si8(OH)22), a magnesium-iron silicate hydroxide, first identified in Cummington, Massachusetts.
Diabolic acid: a series of long-chain dicarboxylic acids with chains of different lengths. Named after the Greek word diabollo meaning to mislead.
Dickite: (Al2Si2O5(OH)4), a clay-like material with a number of manufacturing uses, one of which is as a coating for high-quality bond paper. It is named after its discoverer, Dr. W. Thomas Dick.
Draculin: an anticoagulant found in the saliva of vampire bats.
Irene: Hantzsch-Widman nomenclature for a monocyclic, heterocyclic compound with three ring atoms.
Megaphone: a ketone derived from the root of Aniba megaphylla.
Penguinone: (3,4,4,5-tetramethylcyclohexa-2,5-dienone), so named because its two-dimensional structure resembles a penguin.
Periodic acid: (HIO4), pronounced per-iodic and not periodic (like periodic table). Per denotes that iodine is in the highest possible oxidation state.
Ranasmurfin: a blue protein from the foam nests of a tropical frog, named after the Smurfs.
SEX: the official abbreviation of Sodium Ethyl Xanthate
Uranate: the chemical term for an oxide anion of the element uranium.
Vomitoxin: a mycotoxine occurring in grains.
Thebacon: Dihydrocodeinone enol acetate, an opioid analgesic or antitussive.
Titanic acid: the hydrated form of titanium dioxide.
Traumatic acid: a substance occurring in plants, with a role in healing damaged tissue.
And my personal fav.
Moronic acid