A bond that is characterized by the "sharing" of electrons.
What is a covalent bond?
100
This functional group is commonly abbreviated as -COOH.
What is a carboxylic acid?
100
This local company is responsible for the manufacturing and distribution for Tide, Oral-B and Pantene products (along with many others).
Who is Procter & Gamble?
100
The "newest" professor in the department that also held a postdoctoral appointment at Mayo Clinic.
Who is Dr. Guy?
100
The only letter of the alphabet that does not appear on the periodic table.
What is the letter J?
200
The resulting precipitate when solutions of AgNO3 and NaCl are added together.
What is silver(I) chloride?
200
This functional group is known for having a pKa of 15.
What is an alcohol?
200
This company, now a part of the Archer-Daniels Midland Company, is best known for its production of flavors and colors for the food and beverage industry.
Who is Wild Flavors?
200
The two students who won the "Outstanding Senior Chemistry Student" award in Spring 2017.
Who are Jason Callihan and Theresa Ruwe?
200
This consumer product was "accidentally" created in the development of transparent firearm sights.
What is super glue? (cyanoacrylate)
300
Electrochemical cell that is characterized by a spontaneous production of electricity.
What is a galvanic cell?
300
The chemical shift in which an alkene shows up in a 1H-NMR spectrum. (+/- 1 ppm)
What is 5.5 ppm?
300
"Hard water" is attributed to an underlying geological layer that is comprised of this Group 2 compound.
What is calcium carbonate?
300
This professor has a framed "Final Fantasy" poster hanging in their office.
Who is Dr. Sieve?
300
The Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded in 2017 for advancements in which field?
What is cryo-electron microscopy?
400
The combination of enthalpy and entropy that will always result in a spontaneous reaction based on the Gibbs equation. (Hint: answer each with either "positive" or "negative")
What is negative enthalpy and positive entropy?
400
Reagent used to generate an epoxide from an alkene.
What is mCPBA (meta-chloroperoxybenzoic acid)?
400
The owner of this contract-based testing company in Cincinnati, Ohio is an NKU graduate.
Who is Advanced Testing Laboratories (ATL)?
400
Professor who owns a cat with the nickname Cas.
Who is Dr. Onorato?
400
This Group 15 element is known for it's usage in a common pink, chalky antacid medicine.
What is bismuth?
500
The point in a phase diagram in which a substance simultaneously freezes, melts and boils.
What is the triple point?
500
This starting material, when reacted with HBr and subsequently reacted with KOH, will yield 2-propanol.
What is propene?
500
This Thermo-Fischer Scientific Company is known for having development contracts with over 400 pharmaceutical companies.
Who is Patheon Pharmaceuticals?
500
This professor received both their B.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati.
Who is Dr. Ball?
500
Isotope with the shortest known half-life, at 2.3 x 10^-23 seconds