3 definitions by 69169
A chemical compound derived from replacing the acidic proton on an acid with an alkyl group. Those typically have a good smell.
Tina: I just bought some ethyl hexanoate from my local chemical store.
Jonathan: What are you going to use that for? Why do you need this random ester?
Tina: It smells like apple peels, I am going to use this in my perfume.
Jonathan: Don't the two components of the ester, hexanoic acid and ethanol both smell pungent? How can they come together to smell, well fragrant?
Tina: Under an acid catalyst, CH₃(CH₂)₄COOH+CH₃CH₂OH→CH₃(CH₂)₄COOCH₂CH₃+H₂O.
Jonathan: Uhhh what?
Tina: C h e m i s t r y.
Jonathan: What are you going to use that for? Why do you need this random ester?
Tina: It smells like apple peels, I am going to use this in my perfume.
Jonathan: Don't the two components of the ester, hexanoic acid and ethanol both smell pungent? How can they come together to smell, well fragrant?
Tina: Under an acid catalyst, CH₃(CH₂)₄COOH+CH₃CH₂OH→CH₃(CH₂)₄COOCH₂CH₃+H₂O.
Jonathan: Uhhh what?
Tina: C h e m i s t r y.
by 69169 May 17, 2023
The square root of 69169. Yes, sixty-nine thousand one hundred and sixty-nine. A prime number whose double factorial has the same number of digits as itself. The largest known prime number whose square is strobogrammic, meaning that rotating it 180 degrees does not change how it looks.
by 69169 September 16, 2022
James: Hi!\
Andy: What's with that backslash?
James: Oh, I hit that stupid annoying key while trying to hit enter.\
James: OMG I DID IT AGAIN.
Andy: It's alright, everyone does it.\
Andy: What's with that backslash?
James: Oh, I hit that stupid annoying key while trying to hit enter.\
James: OMG I DID IT AGAIN.
Andy: It's alright, everyone does it.\
by 69169 September 28, 2022