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Offline lenok_666

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Do you think that a chemical named "GC-161" really exist?
« on: March 05, 2008, 09:39:31 AM »
like in the tv series "the secret world of alex mack"?

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Re: Do you think that a chemical named "GC-161" really exist?
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2008, 09:47:13 AM »
The answer really depends on "in what sense" do you mean it.  Sometimes in industry, to keep a chemical secret, it's given a code name, that's shorter and easier to say.  Also, a mixture won't have just one chemical name, and will be given a short name.

But once a chemical's composition and structure are known, (and I don't watch that particular program, so I don't know if that's the case,) then it should have a chemical name based on IUPAC naming conventions.  For example, if you see the molecular diagram, spinning on a computer screen, while a bunch of people in lab coats and non-trendy eyewear go, "Hmmm, yes, this methyl group here, verrry interesting," then yes it has a better name.
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Re: Do you think that a chemical named "GC-161" really exist?
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2008, 10:05:55 AM »
Science fiction is still a fiction not reality
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Re: Do you think that a chemical named "GC-161" really exist?
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2008, 10:15:24 AM »
Science fiction is still a fiction not reality

Yeah, that's pretty much what I said in this thread over here, http://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?topic=21715.0, but that thread   even sucked you in AWK. ;)
« Last Edit: March 05, 2008, 10:42:02 AM by Arkcon »
Hey, I'm not judging.  I just like to shoot straight.  I'm a man of science.

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