• Question: What is your favourite compound?

    Asked by anon-227005 to William, Thibaut "Tibo", Harry, Georgia, Emily, Aimee on 12 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Georgia Orton

      Georgia Orton answered on 12 Nov 2019: last edited 12 Nov 2019 11:53 am

      My favourite compound is ferrocene (all my students think I am obsessed….). I worked with this compound for four years.

      It is really unusual because it is a metal ion ‘sandwiched’ between two carbon rings. We actually call this kind of thing a sandwich complex.

    • Photo: Harry Wilkinson

      Harry Wilkinson answered on 12 Nov 2019:

      It would have to be one of the compounds I made! I don’t think it has a name but it’s an iron compound that has a molecule of N2 bound to it!

      Looking at Georgia’s answer I actually really like ferrocene as well! I use some chemicals that are derived from ferrocene in my research.

    • Photo: Aimee Egglestone

      Aimee Egglestone answered on 12 Nov 2019:

      I don’t work with Ferrocene as much as Gerogia and Harry so I’m afraid I’ll need to rule that one out!

      I am pretty fond of C8H10N4O2 – Caffeine. But not for science reasons!

    • Photo: Thibaut Deviese

      Thibaut Deviese answered on 19 Nov 2019:

      I like penguinone. It is called like that because the molecule looks like a penguin. The molecule is also called 3,4,4,5-tetramethylcyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-one, but it’s less fun!

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