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My knowledge of chemistry is vastly limited. I can’t make a difference between ene, ane, ylene,yl etc. These are all extensions used by chemists. There are innumerable compounds in chemistry. Chemists use two-part nomenclature to name simple molecules. Complex molecules need multiple words. DNA or Deoxyribonucleic acid. In this word ‘deoxyribo‘ can be expanded to deoxyribose.…

Human affinities sometimes occur without any rhyme or reason. Complex bonding happens in a society due to these affinities. Most of the time these affinities do not create permanent bonds. These can temporarily break and the affectionate ones reunite exactly like before. Hydrogen bonds are something like that. There is no give and take like…

The most frequent bonds in chemistry are covalent bonds. These are the strongest bonds. These are sharing bonds. Atoms require 8 electrons in their last orbit. To have 8 electrons atoms can borrow or give to form ionic bonds. But if there is no donor around a borrower may join hands with another borrower or…

Chemical bonds bring variety to the universe. There are about 100+ elements in the universe. All these elements have nearly the same atoms. The variation is usually in the mass. That too varies by about +/- 5%. But these are uncountable numbers of molecules which vary vastly in their physical properties. The chemical bonds are…

Nitrogen and phosphorous are both in the same column in the periodic table. Nitrogen gas is a highly inert gas. When you breathe in the oxygen in the air gets absorbed by your body. However, Nitrogen is not at all absorbed. In the air, it reacts only when lightning happens. The immense heat generated by…

The periodic table is very much, unlike other tabular data presentations. It has 7 rows 8 columns and about 118 cells. In the first row itself, there are only two cells. The next two rows are quite orderly. They have exactly 16 cells and 16 elements. The second row is of great interest. The row…

Our body or for that matter any complex living body is a very complex chemical factory. In fact, each cell is a chemical factory of its own. Millions of chemical reactions happen continuously in our body. As we think lift, move, run, feel heat or cold, smell and see reactions happen. All these reactions are…

Loops is a speciality of organic chemistry. Continuous bonds between the atoms can form chains. In most of the inorganic compounds number of atoms number less than 7-8. Where as this number in organic compounds could be few hundred. These atoms form various interesting patterns. One of the form is loop. In carbon atoms the…