Yes, you read it right! Lately, I came across this interesting page which has been compiling a list of molecules (small and macro) that have "unusual, ridiculous or downright silly" names (ok! sometimes flamboyant).
Well, believe it or not, these are real names of real molecules. Interestingly, the awesome people at School of Chemistry (Bristol University) cite their sources too. Go through the page to find out in detail how these "silly" molecules (more than 200) were actually named.
Well, believe it or not, these are real names of real molecules. Interestingly, the awesome people at School of Chemistry (Bristol University) cite their sources too. Go through the page to find out in detail how these "silly" molecules (more than 200) were actually named.
I wanted to see how the core structures of these molecules look. So I did some scraping to extract the molecules as MOL files and generated Bemis-Murcko scaffolds. I selected some random molecules and here is how their cores look.
Some more funny molecules. Eureka! I like this one!
After all, chemists can be funny too! With due respect to these chemists, here is the final one to end the Easter break.
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