• Hellfire103@lemmy.ca
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    10 days ago

    Fixed the charge on your 3-methyl-3,4,5,5,6-pentaethyl-6-butan-2-yl decane ion, aka lossane.

    (It’s been a while since I last did chemistry, so apologies if I messed up the nomenclature a bit)

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      10 days ago

      As someone who paid enough attention in highschool chemistry to get a B, and occasionally watches Nile(red/blue) and E&I videos… I know some of these words/symbols!

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        8 days ago

        Fuel? Hydrocarbons like that are quite combustible. It could also be incorporated into a lipid or something.