Your Favorite Molecules and/or Compounds

[ToktorGrace]

I saw a thread for specific chemicals, but what about the literally billions of different combination that they make? Which molecules are your favorite?


I'm a big fan of glucose and oxytocin :3 *cuddle hormone*

You all know what glucose looks like I imagine - here's the oxytocin though.

['Oma Tirea]

I see a Mickey Mouse shape arise from the water molecule

[eejmensenikbenhet]

For me its every molecule ending with -Cl/-Cl₂ like:
NaCl - pronounce it nah-kl
BaCl₂ - pronounde it bah-kl

Yeah, I know, oe lu skxawng...

['Oma Tirea]

"Kaltxì, NaBr."
"Kaltxì, BeBr₂."

(Wait... is there a Bieber in there?)

[Nì'awtua Eyktan]

Deoxiribonucleic acid FTW (macromolecule).

Another cool molecule is the protein titin. The chemical name contains 189,819 letters. It's pretty big (if you don't count diamonds ofc).

[Human No More]

[ToktorGrace]

Spoiler

You should get this shirt: http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/front/ethanol_molecule.jpg

Lol.. reminds me of how my Ochem TA said: " If you dont know what ethanol is you should get out more. "

[Nyx]

Lol.. reminds me of how my Ochem TA said: " If you dont know what ethanol is you should get out more. "

Haha good one!

I'm having trouble picking a favorite, there are so many that do weird or cool stuff. But if I had to choose, maybe H₂O because of how simple and vital it is, and because it acts so different from the rest when you change the temperature or pressure. But I also have to mention the amino acids, the things they make up are so important to life and really versatile. And RNA. RNA is cooler than DNA because it does so many different things (but DNA is cool too). Another fun thing is sodium acetate (check it out on youtube). Oh and polymers and ionic complexes are really interesting too.

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[ToktorGrace]

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Lol what's the uh.. simple name for this peptide chain?

[Dreamlight]

Tetrahydrocannabinol.

[ToktorGrace]

Tetrahydrocannabinol.

Aww you shoulda posted this on Wednesday 

[Dreamlight]

Tetrahydrocannabinol.

Aww you shoulda posted this on Wednesday 

Yeah.   

[Eana Tanhì]

little OT but..
my real name is Nikol, and my friends call me Nik-1-ol.. ol as an alcohol ^^