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Can someone make sense of this chemical? (mander.xyz)
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[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 88 points 3 days ago

I'm at a loss.

[–] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 42 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Thats so chemically cursed that it being Loss isn't the worst part

[–] StumblingWasabi@lemmy.today 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Then what is?

[–] sga@piefed.social 6 points 2 days ago

not sure what they were alluding to, but my guess from first look was all the double bonds (represented by 2 lines parallel) on a single carbon, and those 2 double bonds being bent (i am not getting into sp carbon hybridisation, and specifically double double bond sp), but that is basically not possible (alost no amount of streic hinderance can do that).

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Definitely Lupus

[–] ornery_chemist@mander.xyz 6 points 2 days ago

I'm at a loss to explain the stability of those cumulenes... hehehe

[–] deacon@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

God damn it.

[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

It's just a jpeg artifact.

[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why are resonant bonds pictured as double bonds? I can not make sense of the molecule as it is pictured.

[–] zorblitz@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago

Are you at a loss for words?

[–] essell@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Lithium disulphate?

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Ah, N,N',N''-tris(hexa-2,4-dien-1-ylidene)-2-hexyl-2-butylpropane-1,2,3-triamine

I know you well.

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 4 points 2 days ago

That's compound 1 2 2 50

[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Bravo

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Dendritic lipid.

[–] sepi@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What's with all the wobbly legs?

[–] jonesy@aussie.zone 8 points 2 days ago

I'm at a loss.

[–] ornery_chemist@mander.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

Engineers trying to make a chemdraw.

[–] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Pretty sure it's one of the big ones

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago

it silly

[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Cyclam?

[–] sns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

You gotta wiggle it, just a little bit.