Elemental Etymology
This element's name was derived from the French "charbone". It's roots are from words meaning "heat", "fire", or "to burn".
What is carbon?
This scientist invented the periodic table after having a dream ""where all the elements fell into place as required."
Who is Mendeleev?
This compound, commonly found in cigarettes, was used by gardeners as a home-brew insecticide.
What is nicotine?
This element is commonly associated with bananas. A deficiency in this element causes hypokalemia, which increases the risk of a defective heart rhythm.
What is potassium?
Draw a phenyl.
Cyclic group of atoms with the formula C6H5-.
This element was named after the Greek sun god after being identified by its emission lines in the Sun's spectrum.
What is helium?
The structure of this compound was discovered after Friedrich August Kekulé had a dream in which a snake swallowed its own tail.
What is benzene?
This compound, frequently found in homemade slime recipes, was also used as a household cleaner. Harvey Washington Wiley employed his "poison squad" to test increasingly high doses of this compound and found it caused severe GI issues.
What is Borax?
In conjunction with potassium, this element regulates ATP. An excess of this element causes hypernatremia.
What is sodium?
Draw a secondary amine.
Two alkyl or aryl groups attached to the nitrogen atom, with the general formula R2NH.
This element's name came from a Greek word meaning "yellowish green" (or "greenish yellow").
What is chlorine?
This model was invented after its namesake dreamt of electrons orbiting the nucleus like in the Solar System.
What is the Bohr Model?
This poison was once widely used as a cosmetic tool to improve skin complexion. It's frequent use for killing spouses and relatives earned it the nickname "inheritance powder".
What is arsenic?
This element, commonly added to salt as a supplement, is associated with the thyroid & thyroid hormones.
What is iodine?
Draw an acyl halide.
A carbonyl group (C=O) singly bonded to a halogen atom
Some sources say this element's name came from the German word "kobold" (meaning goblin), as miners noticed it polluted and degraded other elements.
What is cobalt?
The debate as to whether this phenomenon was chemical or electrical was ended once Otto Loewi had a dream describing how to perform an experiment to determine its nature. He would win a Nobel Prize for his experimentation.
What is neurotransmission?
This compound, now used for embalming, was once used in meat and dairy preservation, resulting in frequent deaths after consuming these products.
What is formaldehyde?
This element is the third most abundant mineral in the body. It is essential for processing DNA. Common sources are meat, eggs, and fermented foods.
What is sulfur?
Sulfonyl (R−S(=O)2−R') functional group attached to two carbon atoms.
Named by Lecoq de Boisbaudran after his native country France, when Mendeleev predicted this element, he named it eka-aluminum.
What is Gallium?
Descartes invented the basis for this scientific philosophy after dreaming of multiple poems ("What path shall I follow in life?" and "It Is and Is Not") as well as browsing an incomplete dictionary.
What is the scientific method?
This element, now famously known to be poisonous, was used to dye sawdust black so it could be used to augment coffee grounds at a low price.
What is lead?
Increased consumption of this element causes psychosis, ataxia, and rashes (among other symptoms). It is important for basal membrane structure and tissue development.
What is bromine?
Draw an orthoester.
Three alkoxy groups attached to one carbon atom.