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Molecules with Strange or Silly Names

From Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., About.com

Molecules don't always have long alphabet-soup names. Chemists have a sense of humor. Sometimes molecules have amusing names. Here are some examples of molecules with funny, strange, or silly names.

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Adamantane is a colorless crystalline compound. It is the simplest diamondoid compound.AdamantaneAngelic AcidAngelic AcidAnolAnolThis is the chemical structure of arsole.Arsole
Azole or pyrrole.AzoleBARF is tripentafluorophenylborane.BARFBasketane Molecular StructureBasketaneBroken Windowpane or FenestraneBroken Windowpane or Fenestrane
Spherical fullerenes are carbon allotropes.BuckminsterfullereneCadaverine is a toxic diamine produced during putrefaction of animal protein.CadaverineDAMN is diaminomaleonitrile.DAMNdiethyl azodicarboxylateDEAD
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