No worried Friend! Carbon is awesome! It has four free electrons which allow it to bind to four different atoms at once. It is the foundation of life and its amazement should not be undervalued.
Gallium is really cool too! It’s soft silvery-white metal with a low melting point (~30 degrees C) which means it can melt in your hand. It’s also used in electronics and is used to make several different alloys.
Azidoazide Azide (or more accurately, 1-Diazidocarbamoyl-5-azidotetrazole) is VERY explosive. It has to be synthesized artificially and its really hard to study because literally in stimulus will make it explode. It’s cool but PLEASE DONT TRY TO MAKE IT.
Nitric oxide is a gas that is biologically active. That extra electron on the nitrogen is called a free radical and allows the molecule to be very reactive. It can be involved in neurological functions, transcription, messaging and many other processes. It was named molecule of the year in 1992.
PS: yes, I know why you like it but everyone else can find out about it on their own.
Benzene may be simple, but it is not boring! This ring guy is incredibly stable, and usually only involved in other reactions if it already had an attachment. It is a liquid at room temperature and gives off a sweet-ish odor. It’s also thought to be the reason some people like the smell of gasoline (though please do not intentionally smell gasoline, it has been linked to blood cancers like leukemia).
Sodium Chloride, Salt. You know it, you love it. It is ionic and therefore able to break apart into its two parts, Na+ and Cl-. It’s incredibly important for biological functions and making our food better.
Now, this was a cool one to do research on. C12H22O12 or Cellobionic acid, is produced by some fungi and bacteria. It helps break down cellulose by being an intermediate metabolite in oxidative cellulose degradation. Let me know if I’m missing any cool facts!
That’s it for now! Please let me know if I got something wrong or if I missed something and I’ll make sure to edit
