What do Diabolic Acid, Moronic Acid, Traumatic Acid,
Draculin, Spamol and Windowpane have in common?
They are all the names of real chemical compounds! For example:
They are all the names of real chemical compounds! For example:
Diabolic Acid
Diabolic acids are actually a class of compounds where the m and n chains can have different lengths and can contain unsaturation. They were named after the Greek diabollo, meaning to mislead, since they were particularly difficult to isolate using standard gas chromatography techniques. One of the inventors, Prof Klein, also thought that they had 'horns like the devil'.
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The page design is the best part.
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Windowpane acid had a different meaning for me back in the day.
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Not meaning to be a prude, but there is a nicely-shaped bum as a picture in the link. Not trying to start NSFW war but I think it would be prudent to add a tag, just in case.
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