Molecules Shown in MolSim
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Water
Water is one of the most important molecules to maintaining life on this planet. It consists of two hydrogens bonded to an oxygen molecule. It has various synthetic uses because it can be used as both an acid or a base, when protonation or deprotonation occurs to a water molecule.
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Methane
Methane is the simplest alkene possible and the main constituent of natural gas. It consists of four hydrogen atoms bonded to a single carbon atom. Humans produce methane all the time through processes like extraction and processing of natural gas and the destructive distillation of bituminous coal.
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Ammonia
Ammonia is a colorless gas with a characteristic pungent smell. It consists of three hydrogen atoms bonded to a single nitrogen atom. Ammonia is both a neurotoxin and a metabotoxin, meaning it will cause damage to neural tissue and neural cells. Despite that ammonia still has many uses, primarily being found in fertilizers and cleaning supplies.
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Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Dioxide is a colorless gas that humans produce during respiration. It consists of two hydrogen atoms bonded to a single carbon atom. Carbon dioxide makes up about 0.04% of the earth's atmosphere, and is often an unwanted byproduct of large oxidation processes, like the production of acrylic acid. In its frozen form it's called dry ice.
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Toluene
Toluene is an aromatic hydrocarbon, a colorless liquid that is insoluble in water. It consists of a methyl group bonded to a benzene ring. Toluene is often used as the solvent in paint thinner, contact cement, and model airplane glue. If too much is inhaled it can lead to severe neurological damage.
Acetonitrile Done
Acetonitrile is the simplest organic nitrile. It consists of a methane molecule bonded to a nitrile functional group. It’s often the byproduct of acrylonitrile manufacturing. Its main use is as a polar aprotic solvent in organic synthesis and in the purification of butadiene, a monomer important to the production of synthetic rubber.
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Acetone
Acetone is a colorless, volatile, flammable liquid, and is the simplest and smallest ketone. Acetone consists of two methyl groups bonded to a ketone functional group. Acetone is an important solvent in organic synthesis and is typically used for cleaning purposes in laboratories.
Acetic anhydride Done
Acetic anhydride is a colorless liquid that smells strongly of acetic acid, which is formed by its reaction with moisture in the air. It consists of two ketone functional groups bonded to an oxygen atom. Its largest application is for the conversion of cellulose to cellulose acetate, which is a component of photographic film, and is used in the synthesis of aspirin.
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Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine is a potent central nervous system stimulant that is mainly used as a recreational drug. It is illegal in most places in the world. Methamphetamine consists of a benzene ring with a two member carbon chain attached, to which an amine and methyl group are bonded on position 2.
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Ribose
Ribose is a carbohydrate and a pentose monosaccharide, which means it’s a simple sugar. It consists of a five member ring made of carbon and one oxygen atom, alpha to the oxygen is an alcohol group and a methanol group. Attached to the ring, there are two more alcohol groups which are beta to the oxygen. Ribose is mainly found as a component of RNA.
