Monday, September 29, 2008

Week 5 Discussion What's in a NAME?

Welcome Scholars to week 5 ..... boy these weeks are sure flyin by.

For this weeks post... like I said in class....

See if you can find the longest chemical compound name.... largest gets a prize..(remind me)

Have a great week... Study hard for that test on Fri. (chap. 7)

The One.... The Only... MR. D

8 comments:

Brittany Porter said...

TRINITROPHENYLMETHYLNITRAMINE which is a type of explosive.

but i really like ANHYDROHYDROXYPROGESTERONE which is a synthetic crystalline female sex hormone. idk sounded funny.


http://home.comcast.net/~allenbrow/Longest/hellweg.html

Anonymous said...

methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucyl phenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyl lysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenyl alanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolylglycylisol eucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartyl threonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartyl alanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenyl alanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolyl threonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucyl arginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonyl prolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamyl methionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysyl histidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucyl leucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenyl alanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenyl alanyltyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalyl glycylvalylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalyl prolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanyl arginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginyl valylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinyl prolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucyl leucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycyl arginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginyl alanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginyl arginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidyl leucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginyl alanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanyl glycylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysyl alanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycyl alanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisol eucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucyl glutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyl lysylvalylphenylalanylvalylglutaminylprolylmethionyllysyl alanylalanylthreonylarginylserine.


this contains 1,913 characters and its for tryptophan synthesis, a protein, which has 267 amino acids in it. this consists of these names: amino acids, such as alanyl, methionyl, threonyl, and valyl, all of which end in yl, with one instance of serine at the end.

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Anonymous said...

Methionylalanylthreonylserylarginylglycylalanylserylarginylcysteinyl


this is just the beginning.
the rest is on the website, it says it has 64060 letters.



http://profmaster.blogspot.com/2007/07/longest-chemical-name-64060-letters.html

jeffrey c said...

OCTAMETHYLPYROPHOSPHORAMIDE

A type of insecticide


http://home.comcast.net/~allenbrow/Longest/hellweg.html

trice said...

acetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonyl...
phenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylseryl...
aspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleu...
threonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginy...
glutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylal...
glutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylpheny...
tryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylg...
arginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylv...
arginyltyrosylasparaginylalanylvalylleuc...
threonylalanylleucylleucylglycylthreon...
arginylasparaginylarginylisoleucylisoleu...
asparaginylglutaminylglutaminylserylpr...
threonylleucylaspartylalanylthreonylargi...
alanylthreonylvalylalanylisoleucylargi...
asparaginylleucylvalylasparaginylglutamy...
threonylglycylleucyltyrosylasparaginylgl...
phenylalanylglutamylserylmethionylserylg...
threonylserylalanylprolylalanylserine
Its not as long as the others but its still pretty long. its 1,185 letter!







http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080907201039AA9bIFg

ari cruz said...

The chemical name for titin. 189,819 letters .it’s the largest known protein


Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenylalanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolylglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolylthreonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucylarginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonylprolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamylmethionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenylalanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyltyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylvalylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalylprolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanylarginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginylvalylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucylleucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginylarginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidylleucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginylalanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycylalanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisoleucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucylglutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalanylvalylglutaminylprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylacetylseryltyrosylserylisoleucylthreonylserylprolylserylglutaminylphenylalanylvalylphenylalanylleucylserylserylvalyltryptophylalanylaspartylprolylisoleucylglutamylleucylleucylasparaginylvalylcysteinylthreonylserylserylleucylglycylasparaginylglutaminylphenylalanylglutaminylthreonylglutaminylglutaminylalanylarginylthreonylthreonylglutaminylvalylglutaminylglutaminylphenylalanylserylglutaminylvalyltryptophyllysylprolylphenylalanylprolylglutaminylserylthreonylvalylarginylphenylalanylprolylglycylaspartylvalyltyrosyllysyl


this is just a small part of it..
the rest is on the web site

http://www.othyr.com/titin.html

Vaneeta said...

mr.dillman i swear i've been trying
to find stuff for an hour i cant find NOTHING at all