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From xsagirl. Believe it or not, some chemists do have a sense of humour: Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names.
I'll skim, but the page is funnier. Commic Acid is a constituent of the plant Commiphora pyracanthoides, Psicose is a sugar, Arsole is a ring molecule (really!), Cummingtonite was found in Cummington, Massachusetts, USA, Fukalite is from the Fuka region of southern Japan, Moronic Acid applies to archaeological relics, Fucitol is an alcohol, Erotic Acid is vitamin B13, Uranate is the various uranium oxide anions, Vaginatin comes from the plant Selinum Vaginatum, Anol is used in the flavour industry (nooo) and so on. There are a ton of them. A fun page to check out.
Oh, and for South Africans there is Mandelic Acid, but sadly, it is not named after Nelson Mandela.
I'll skim, but the page is funnier. Commic Acid is a constituent of the plant Commiphora pyracanthoides, Psicose is a sugar, Arsole is a ring molecule (really!), Cummingtonite was found in Cummington, Massachusetts, USA, Fukalite is from the Fuka region of southern Japan, Moronic Acid applies to archaeological relics, Fucitol is an alcohol, Erotic Acid is vitamin B13, Uranate is the various uranium oxide anions, Vaginatin comes from the plant Selinum Vaginatum, Anol is used in the flavour industry (nooo) and so on. There are a ton of them. A fun page to check out.
Oh, and for South Africans there is Mandelic Acid, but sadly, it is not named after Nelson Mandela.