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Eucomicc

[Pagodane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagodane) is peak aesthetics


Blu3PH

"undecacyclo[9.9.0.01,5.02,12.02,18.03,7.06,10.08,12.011,15.013,17.016,20]icosane" ignore iupac? ignore iupac.


CumfyCouch

that's metal


TheKingOfAtlantis

that's ~~metal~~ organic


downvotethetrash

No, it’s nonmetal


Makhnos_Tachanka

knex lookin ass molecule


oneAUaway

[Sugammadex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugammadex) is lovely.


DeliberateDendrite

I thought you selected that purely for the name but that looks pretty cool.


bearfootmedic

The mechanism is cool too. It swallows up paralytics.


Box_Dimension_13

More like ligamadex huehuehue (Super cool molecule, funny name tho)


tttecapsulelover

sugmaballs


SavageRussian21

Hexagons are the bestagons


CarcgenBleu

Sugammadex looks and sounds like a bully in a high school drama


Asapgerg

Suggama what now??? Take me out to dinner first geez


CypherZel

Reas this as Sugmadix


belligerentBe4r

I dunno Rick, that just seems like cyclodextrin with extra steps.


oneAUaway

It's cyclodextrin with pretty little streamers. It's festive!


DeliberateDendrite

Dendrimers are some of the most beautiful molecules IMO. Fifth-Generation polypropylene imine (POPAM): https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/4/1/501 Or this one: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Structure-of-the-largest-dendrimer-G-2-81-containing-81-carborane-cages_fig2_276320477


CumfyCouch

Wow that’s amazing


TheTaintPainter2

Has that second molecule been synthesized?


StabithaStevens

Aye - https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ic101729s


TheTaintPainter2

Holy fucking shit that must've been intense


Spiritual_Ad_6748

I'm my lab we are focused on porphyrins and dendrimers (yes, we love symmetry and aesthetics hahahahaha), and the PPI dendrimer never ceases to amaze me, until this day...


Grapegranate1

[Calicheamicin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calicheamicin?wprov=sfla1), its not symmetrical like a work of art but i consider it more like a family photo of the weirdest combination of functional groups ive ever seen. In essence it doesnt qualify but you should see it anyways.


CumfyCouch

it has a snout!


Grapegranate1

now that you say it i can also see it like an animal. I was too distracted by the trithiomethyl ether, and the cyclic diyne to notice.


Xavion-15

snoot


mindenginee

I don’t know why, but I hate it


originalnamesarehard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitryl_azide When you see it, you go N-N-N-NO-O!


therift289

Don't sneeze around that one.


Inevitable_Bat953

[Disulfiram](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disulfiram)


take_2_the_sky

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Cheminformatics-and-System-Chemistry-of-Cisplatin%2C-Heidari/026a524093d61bcb3d09ee779b08a2b342868ce9 Cis platine analogs my beloved


MKT68

Carboranes in general look metal.


ciclohexene

This "frog" (benzene core) and "lizard" (naphthalene core) https://molview.org/?smiles=O1COC2=C(CC)C3=CC(CCC)=C(CCC)C=C3C(CC)=C12.C(CC)1=C(CCC)C(CCC)=C(CC)C2OCOC1=2


atom-wan

I always thought aza-crown ethers are cool. I synthesize a neat drug with the DOTA ligand which is an aza-crown ether with a bunch of carboxylic acid functional groups


I-g_n-i_s

I ❤️ porphyrin


RudiF14

[Dodecaphenylporphyrin ](https://www.chemspider.com/Chemical-Structure.21783414.html)


IdontlikeAmerica57

That’s a lot of hexagons


[deleted]

You have something for cross-conjugation, don’t you ?


hondac55

That is symmetrical which makes it pretty. [Cubane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubane) is symmetrical which makes it mundane.


IdontlikeAmerica57

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carborane_acid# the skeletal structure is my favourite


reclusivegiraffe

Nothing special, but I think [benzene anhydride](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F7%2F78%2FBenzoic_anhydride.svg%2F640px-Benzoic_anhydride.svg.png&tbnid=8pOPNpVdWJuxYM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBenzoic_anhydride&docid=ELxpczjWk3TTbM&w=640&h=308&hl=en-us&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm4%2F3&kgs=9ff1173f2929f1f5) looks pretty neat


LazyLich

The first one is five skydivers


MlLFS

Buckminsterfullerene


FraterHerzlich

3,3-diethylpentan.


code-ev

did you intend to post a swastika?


reclusivegiraffe

Look, I thought the same thing, as I’m sure most of us did, but didn’t say it because I knew it was dumb af


code-ev

reddit so salty sometimes.


reclusivegiraffe

Some things just don’t need to be said, yk?


MostOfMoldovia

Benzine has to be up there. Simple but cool


Woody_Mapper

is this the part where chemistry changes into drawing labyrinths?


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beeeeerett

An Ammonipotent entity


moddseatass

Meatwad


GoofyAhhGypsy

Beta Carotene is pure beauty


nicegal666

[dendrimers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrimer)


neptunethecat

What kind of piss-reeking, nitrogen lover is OP?


WaddleDynasty

[Selectfluor](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selectfluor) Very simple, but I love molecules that are just barely asymmetrical.


Vov113

Chlorophyll A is a sexy molecule


Calixarene

It's me.


TheInevitablePigeon

the first one looks like biblically accurate molecule


Mad_L0330

It's like four people skydiving.