Conquer Club

this thread is made for all you out there who are fond of world of molecules - enthusiasts, chemistry or related faculty students, professors, scientists etc.

this are the rules:
- you choose some a molecule, post it's image and 5 short informations about chosen substance (try to make it not so obvious, i want to find some new info).
-when someone guess what substance is in question he gets to chose next one


i'll start:




information about this substance are written in white so if you can't guess what it is from it's structure (which is very hard) you can reveal this information one by one

1.this substance was introduced by Sandoz Laboratories as a drug with various psychiatric uses

2.it's creator first tested it on himself and that event is now known as bicycle day

3.CIA used to test it's effects on student volunteers who got payed for this

4.raw substance from which it's synthesized is extracted from a grain fungus that usually grows on rye

5.it's an entheogen that was very popular among members of rave subculture

btw i want full chemical name as an answer. (don't mean IUPAC by that, that would be too long)

just a guess... LSD?

correct it's - Lysergic acid diethylamide. you're next. what gave it up? - 4. and 5. info i guess...

ps hurray i managed to make it rotate!

Like I said, just a guess.

However, I'm stuck for finding any of them nifty pictures, so I'll leave this one until I think one up Anyone else can feel free to post a new 'un though.

1. an extremely toxic substance
2. similar in structure and biological activity to some insecticides
3. a colorless, odorless liquid at room temperature
4. antidote for it is atropine
5. classified as weapon of mass destruction

anyone? come on. it's easy!

arsenic?

cena-rules wrote:arsenic?

sorry man it's wrong. but good job for trying cena.

p.s. arsenic is an element btw, so there would be just one atom

dihydrogen monoxide

misterman10 wrote:dihydrogen monoxide

water is a weapons of mass destruction!? you must be messing with me.

Simonov wrote:

misterman10 wrote:dihydrogen monoxide

water is a weapons of mass destruction!? you must be messing with me.

Thats the only name I could remember off the top of my head

anthrax?

Russianfire8371 wrote:anthrax?

ooh...you took my guess.

Russianfire8371 wrote:anthrax?

wrong, anthrax is a bacteria - Bacillus anthracis to be exact.

p.s. one more hint:
- in mid-1939, the formula for the agent was passed to the Chemical Warfare section of the German Army Weapons Office, which ordered that it be brought into mass production for wartime use. Agent was incorporated into artillery shells, but Germany ultimately decided not to use nerve agents against Allied targets fearing the allied retribution by same means.

Mustard Gas?

Soman or Sarin gas

^ what this thread makes me want to do

pancakemix wrote:Mustard Gas?

very close! but still wrong. mustard gas or Yperite has formula Cl-CH2-CH2-S-CH2-CH2-Cl.

Jasona wrote:Sarin gas

bravo, it's correct. you're next.

discovered in Germany in 1839 by acident
plays an important role in biomedical research and science
made from petroleum
used as insulation
used as packaging material

Polystyrene?

yeah, it's polystyrene alright. but jasona please resize that picture, and should have uploaded the picture yourself because the answer is obvious from url. look at my urls - they say either mystery or unknown substance.

Simonov wrote:yeah, it's polystyrene alright.

busy at work just now - I'll post one tonight.

Allright, heres one for ya,



Discovered by Anselme Payen

Used in manufacture of smokeless gunpowder

used in production of cellophane

Used to make Modal

This mystery molecule Is organic

Edit-image not working, I'm on it[

Cellulose

if im right, someone else place for me please =)