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Polonium monoxide (PoO) seems to have an unusual abbreviation. Maybe include it? 142.136.172.105 (talk) 17:00, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
This appears to be a good candidate for addition: http://www.lifescientist.com.au/article/273516/robotnikinin_takes_sonic_hedgehog?fp=4&fpid=1013 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.53.112.38 (talk) 22:06, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
I can't believe that Cummingtonite isn't on there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.35.44.24 (talk) 19:08, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
Does anyone think that Cumene should also be added? ((https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumene)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by DolphinSassoon (talk • contribs) 15:39, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
Should 'butanal' be included? It seems to have been removed on the grounds that there is "no clever/coincidental relationship to its properties, etc". The same goes for a lot of the compounds on this list like 'cumene' and 'thebacon' which are simply just funny/odd names. Rooper0 (talk) 09:22, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
What exactly is the purpose of this article? It's not really encyclopedic. D-Fluff has had E-Nuff 19:06, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia is more than an encyclopedia: nobody flicks through a dcitionary or encyclopedia, but people do surf wiki. there are lots hidden easter eggs like this. it is a shame there cannot be a list of them! --Squidonius (talk) 00:15, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
The compound Ru(Tris)BiPy-on-a-Stick does not appear very notable at the moment. It needs a picture and maybe an explanation of why it's notable. See [1]. The page doesn't have any anchors, so just search for Ruthenium. Ian01 (talk) 23:20, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
What about Re-format-sky reaction? Not really a chemical compound, though. -Choij (talk) 11:18, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
If all of the material is verifiable, this is a very good collection of information. It is not appropriate for Wikipedia but is worthy of saving somewhere. Are there other wikis that this can be deposited in? Freefighter (talk) 05:40, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
Would ligands like Josiphos, Mandyphos and Taniaphos [2] be suited for this list? I'm not sure so I'm not adding them (yet) -- Sander (talk) 17:23, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Who classified it?--222.67.202.23 (talk) 10:04, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
Topquark22 (talk) 22:29, 16 December 2009 (UTC) I agree with Topquark22, what is so funny/unusual about Fluoboric acid?Subha8 (talk) 20:31, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
List of extraordinary diseases and conditions, an article that was created by inspiration from this one, has been tagged for deletion (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of extraordinary diseases and conditions). Feel welcome to give comments and suggestions, because the main reason is basically the same as what has been the case for this article: Lack of proper definition of what really is unusual, and therefore what to include or not, as well as making inclusions verifiable and without original research. Mikael Häggström (talk) 18:56, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
Under the 2005 revisions of IUPAC nomenclature of inorganic chemistry, there is no single correct name for every compound.[32] The primary function of chemical nomenclature is to ensure that each name refers, unambiguously, to a single substance. It is considered less important to ensure that each substance should have a single name, although the number of acceptable names is limited.[32] Water is one acceptable name for this compound, even though it is neither a systematic nor an international name and is specific to just one phase of the compound. The other IUPAC recommendation is oxidane.[33]. so how can we have unusual names?Mercurywoodrose (talk) 22:29, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
Should GOd (Glucose Oxidase)be in this list? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.106.52.228 (talk) 07:30, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
Is there a valid reference for that name? The citation given here is just a web-site using that name, there is no proof that this name has ever been adopted by and used in the scientific literature. I mean, anybody can come up with some funny names. Like "Nazicrossane" for 3,3-diethylpentane, if you know what I mean. But it does not mean that the name is adopted and used in chemistry. Anyway, this list is not satisfactory. Could someone introduce another column entiteled "Explanation", where people with less imagination (and English skills) can get an explanation what is funny about each single entry? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.194.88.129 (talk) 12:10, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
O.k., I just did a search in "Reaxys" and in "Science Citation Index", none of them contains the name "penguinone". Nothing found. Here is what Reaxys hat to say: "Chemical name: 3,4,4,5-Tetramethyl-2,5-cyclohexadien-1-on / 3,4,4,5-tetramethylcyclohexa-2,5-dienone / 3,4,4,5-Tetramethyl-2,5-cyclohexadienon / 3,4,4,5-Tetramethyl-cyclohexadien-(2,5)-on"
I also checked two original papers making this molecule, none of them refers to penguins. It is obviously just a joke perpetuated by Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.194.88.129 (talk) 12:23, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
It appears on cursory inspection that Pu started as a joke: http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/element.php?sym=pu
The site attributes it to Seaborg's autobiography (ISBN 0374299919) which should be easy to confirm.Novangelis (talk) 02:22, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
Shouldn't FAD be added to this article.Subha8 (talk) 20:29, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
User:101.119.14.248 makes a good point with the removal of "Pu". It indeed is not a compound, merely a chemical, so it is not in scope for the current article-title of List of chemical compounds with unusual names. However, it's in scope for the concept of this article, and is even better-cited as to an "unusual" aspect than many other entries here. Assuming this article survives AfD#5, I propose moving this article to List of chemicals with unusual names (reversing the existing redirect) to avoid excluding this entry by scope of the title wording. DMacks (talk) 04:14, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
I think that the list should be split on the page between those chemicals whose names are not unusual in terms of their derivation (for example, Arsole, Germane, Nonanal, Uranate), but only in terms of their coincidental resemblance to other words; and those chemicals whose names were intentionally coined to be unusual (for example, Alcindoromycine, Basketane, Draculin). bd2412 T 19:07, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
Per Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Stand-alone lists, lists must have criteria for inclusion which are "unambiguous, objective, and supported by reliable sources." This is particularly the case for avowedly "unusual" things. What strikes one person as unusual may strike others as unremarkable. It is therefore necessary to spell out in the lead section what qualifies for the list. Ideally, the compounds should be labeled "unusual" by some reliable source, not by the Wikipedians adding them to the list. Compare List of films considered the best.
Currently the lead section only identifies these as "a sample of trivial names" – not even unusual trivial names – as well as "systematic names and acronyms that accidentally resemble English words." The latter is better, but it should be more precise. For example, what does "resemble" mean? identical spelling? identical or similar pronunciation? a spelling that might be mispronounced as similar to an English word? As for trivial names, what qualifies them for inclusion? I would suggest including things that have been called "unusual", "funny", "strange" etc. by chemists or science journalists, but others may have different opinions. Cnilep (talk) 02:02, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
Most inclusions on this article seem to be due to resembling some real word. It'd also be a good measure to make chemicals significant because of their names (ex. Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl...isoleucine) to be included too. Heurgum (talk) 00:13, 13 November 2019 (UTC)Heurgum
Lots of lists get hit by disruptive AfD's, but why does this list keep getting targeted? Arguments for and against deletion tend to get dressed up with references to policy, but the heart of the problem is: this is a page where someone lists fucK because of its sound, and then solemnly proclaims "The name of the gene that encodes L-fuculokinase, an enzyme that catalyzes a chemical reaction between L-fuculose, ADP, and L-fuculose-1-phosphate." Whereas the more relevant piece of information is that the enzyme is also called fucose kinase. (May speculates that the authors who coined the term, being Japanese, didn't see the problem with the abbreviation, but I wonder - given the name "fucose kinase", they may have been forced by the naming conventions to abbreviate it as fucK.)
So how do you turn this list into something that doesn't have "Kick me" pinned to its backside? Here are a few suggestions:
All these suggestions are for preserving the list. However, I think that there is a much better solution - a merge. I will provide details soon. RockMagnetist (talk) 15:49, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
I have done my best with the reorganization, although some of the later section names sound a bit forced. The earlier ones are clearly consistent with May's comments on the molecules, and I have added citations to his list to support their classification. RockMagnetist (talk) 17:44, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
most of these are very weak
especially Adam Ant, since that's not his real name. hey, I call myself Hi Drogen, shall we put that in? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.108.235.188 (talk) 01:22, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
The "just sounds silly" section seems inherently POV. 108.216.20.135 (talk) 20:09, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
I removed "churchane" since I could not find any reference to it in academic publications. Should anybody find it referenced somewhere that's not a random internet site, I'll be happy to support the renewed addition of churchane to this list. RandallBarksdale (talk) 00:56, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
I understand that sometimes people intentionally name molecules unusually. However, the sections List_of_chemical_compounds_with_unusual_names#Sounding_like_vulgarisms and List_of_chemical_compounds_with_unusual_names#Related_to_sex seem kind of like random coincidences that people just listed. Is this really relevant for Wikipedia? Let me know if it's ok to delete them. Llightex (talk) 17:16, 5 September 2016 (UTC)
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The IUPAC name for 'pizda' is wrong (the structure image seems correct).
Simon de Danser (talk) 05:58, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
Shouldn't bowtiediene (spiropentadiene) be in this list? ⌬ CH₃mificαtion! ⌬ 20:41, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
i heard of a compound this i think used to be on this page but if it never was then it should, it was nicknamed "hitler acid" but i forgot its normal name. 216.108.26.35 (talk) 21:24, 11 October 2023 (UTC)