Fixed the charge on your 3-methyl-3,4,5,5,6-pentaethyl-6-butan-2-yl decane ion, aka lossane.
(It’s been a while since I last did chemistry, so apologies if I messed up the nomenclature a bit)
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Submitted 3 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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hellfire103@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
SARGE@startrek.website 3 months ago
As someone who paid enough attention in highschool chemistry to get a B, and occasionally watches Nile(red/blue) and E&I videos… I know some of these words/symbols!
sga@lemmy.world 3 months ago
actually we start numbering by minimising the number of highest order addition, which is the isobutyl, if it gets same number regardless, then we try to minimise the sum of numbers, so i think it should be called
5-(isobutyl)-5,6,6,7,8-penta-ethyl-8-methyl-decane (I am assuming hydrogen’s are present, just not represented, because that usually is the case)
I may alo be wrong here, it has been 4 years since I have been required to do nomenclature myself
hellfire103@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Ah, my chemistry department taught me the other way around. I distinctly remember the phrase “methyl-ethyl” being thrown around a bit. Additionaly, we were taught to be more specific about isomers, hence me using butan-2-yl instead of isobutyl.
Then again, scientists often disagree strongly about things like this, so we could both be right. Also, there’s a good chance this is just the A-Level specification being weird. I left my old textbook at my student flat, though, so I won’t be able to check for a couple of weeks.
I could also be downright wrong myself.
As for the hydrogens, I had assumed they were not present, and that this lossane molecule is an ion with a charge of -50. This is borderline impossible to achieve in real life, of course.
ICastFist@programming.dev 3 months ago
Any idea what a molecule like that would be useful for?
hellfire103@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Fuel? Hydrocarbons like that are quite combustible.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 months ago
So … What does this chemical make you lose?
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
Sanity
riskable@programming.dev 3 months ago
Your marbles.
Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The game
Gutek8134@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You lose nothing, don’t worry about it.
On the other hand, you learn C (the programming language) by ingesting it, which would be considered a punishment by some.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
It makes you lose your way in a vast endless c
Ziglin@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Positive thoughts and other particles with a positive charge.
nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
Assuming this has a 47 hydrogens stuck on to make it stable, I’d call it:
3-methyl-3,4,5,5,6-pentaethyl-6-buta-2-yl dodecane
PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
dodecane has a 12 carbon chain. The longest chain here is 10 carbons, which would be decane.
nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
Good catch.
Sedathems@mander.xyz 3 months ago
I am a total chem nitwit, would you like to explain me how you come to this ?
howrar@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
It basically comes down to finding the longest chain of carbons, then you number each of the carbons on that chain and list off things that are attached to that carbon. For example, 1 carbon = methyl, 2 carbons = ethyl, etc.
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
Couldn’t resist. In a more standard form this molecule should (I believe—chemistry has been a long time ago) look like this:
Made with MolView –molview.org/?smiles=C([C%40](CC)(C)C(CC)[C%40](CC…
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
If I ever teach chemistry to kids imma tell them to name this
AllToRuleThemOne@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Change/Invert the steric centers at 3 & 6 and it should be fine.
technohacker@programming.dev 3 months ago
(1,2,2,50)-loss-quinquagintinane
pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
The urge to add hydrogens to all the carbons not fully bonded is overwhelming
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
I somehow recognized it immediately. I think this meme has rewritten my brain.
buttwater@hexbear.net 3 months ago
Ah ok so it’s Loss got it
Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
My stoned ass thought this was a shifter tree diagram of a goofy little manual transmission for a sec. All gears are just ‘crash’, lol
don@lemm.ee 3 months ago
…is this gain?
AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Can someone explain this to me? I don’t get it, but I want to.
Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 3 months ago
gravistar@lemmy.world 3 months ago
GOD DAMNIT!
AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 3 months ago
I’m at a loss
NahMarcas@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
3-metilhexa-4,5,5,6,7,7-etil-4-butil From the head, im feel happy now
burgermeister@lemm.ee 3 months ago
OK how long until it kicks in?
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
a few years and then you die of cancer
Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 3 months ago
*Cccccccccccccccccccccccccancer
Tattorack@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Oh by fucking gods. It’s loss. People are STILL posting loss. And here I was thinking this was a chemistry meme.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Personally I can’t wait for this meme to be dead and forgotten
Tattorack@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yeah, me too. I’ve never even read the webcomic. Can we please just forget about it already?
stevedice@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Like that baby
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
*Lossane
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Lossium.
ICastFist@programming.dev 3 months ago
Carbonated loss