化学物质的系统命名法 有时会赋予一些化学物质 复杂的名称,其中包含了许多少见而有趣的命名。在这些命名中,既有根据化学物质的化学成分、发现地、发现者,或是从哪一物种身上分离的合理命名;也有因为化学物质的结构、性质,或是发现者的一时兴起而故意给出的稀奇古怪的惯用名 。许多惯用名出现于正式的系统命名之前,有时会出现模棱两可的情况;在不同领域、不同地域或不同语言中还会表示不同的意义。
E.W. Godly 曾在他的著作中写道:“国际非专利药品名称 (INN)或国际标准化组织 (ISO)所认可的惯用名都是根据它们所在的领域谨慎地选取的,并已得到国际上广泛的认可[ 1] 。”在《化学物质的系统命名法(Chemical Nomenclature)》的前言,Thurlow 却写道:“化学物质的命名不必那么死板[ 2] 。” 布里斯托尔大学 的某网站[ 3] 就列出了一系列“名字荒唐可笑或稀奇古怪的分子”以供娱乐。这些滑稽的名字在教学上也是有一定的意义的。《化学教育期刊 》的一篇文章指出,把滑稽的惯用名转成正式命名的小练习能让学生在学习枯燥的有机化学 系统命名时得到一定的乐趣。[ 4]
钚 :美国核化学家、钚 的发现者格伦·西奥多·西博格 (Glenn Theodore Seaborg )告诉他的学生,他最初之所以提议选择“Pu”而不是“Pl”作为钚的元素符号,是因为他曾经想开一个“P U ”的玩笑,后来却发现官方居然接受了他的提议,选择了“Pu”作为钚的元素符号[ 5] 。
锑 :锑的元素符号“Sb”也有粗话“傻逼 ”的意思,导致汉字 “锑”和“51号元素”一词自身也成了粗口,并在与化学有关的讨论当中被广泛使用。
乳清酸 (Orotic acid)
Orotic acid 一种有机酸,也叫维生素B13 。其英文名常常被误拼成“erotic acid(情色酸)”[ 3] 。
SEX
乙基黄原酸钠 (sodium ethyl xanthate)的缩写[ 16] ,结构式为 CH3 CH2 OCS2 Na。
精胺 、亚精胺
Spermine Spermidine 参与细胞代谢 的生长因子 [ 3] 。
尸胺
Cadaverine 动物尸体腐烂时产生的具有腐臭气味的化合物[ 3] [ 17] 。
DEAD/DEADCAT
DEAD 偶氮二甲酸二乙酯 (Diethyl azodicarboxylate)的英文缩写[ 3] 。
腐胺
Putrescine 动物尸体腐烂时产生的具有腐臭气味的化合物[ 3] 。
肌联蛋白 (Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl...isoleucine)
已知的最大的蛋白质,其化学名由189819个字母组成(完整名称见此处 )[ 21] 。
二氟化二氧 (FOOF)
二氟化二氧(O2 F2 )是一种极为不稳定的化合物,遇到大部分化合物都会直接爆炸——这也是它昵称“FOOF”的由来。
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