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hmmm piperidine smells like semen??...hmmm doing an organic project to synthesise piperine and we're using piperidine this'll be interesting :S Worst smell ever that has entered my nose has to be triethyl phosphite...i cringe at that smell. the smell is just disgusting

In high school, i only did chemistry and physics, and i would rate them from easiest to hardest would be chem first then physics, Although being pretty good at maths, i found physics a little bit harder to grasp, maybe it was due to lack of study and possibly teacher if that's an excuse. teacher was hardly there at all to teach us anything. Now in uni, and did chem and bio, i would now rate the three as chem being the easiest, the physics then biology. Biology is full of theory, and looking at microscopes, i have bad memory and look at plants, pfft, not my thing. So now im doing a 2nd year chemistry major, i enjoy it even though most of the time i dont know what the lecturer is on about, but i seem to grasp things quicker if it is related to chemistry. biology is still part of my course unfortunately, and i struggle just reading a sentence let alone a book. and physics, offered at uni, but being horrified at what i got during high school, it'll be far away as possible.

I dont know how scientific this is...but the reason why lavenders make you calmer is because of the organic molecule, Borneol, a bicyclic monoterpene which is used as an analgesic and an anaesthesia. It has an effect with GABA receptors where GABA acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter. Thus making people calmer. Some other flowers include valerian and chamomile. This can be found from the ScienceDirect website by Granger, Campbell and Johnston. Tried my best at this question, came across it while doing my organic assignment on borneol.

Hey guys, I'm Des, I'm from Sydney, Australia. studying 2nd year medical science majoring in chemistry at the moment. Chemistry and maths are my interests. Found this site while looking up m-nitroaniline, bludged for a bit surfing this site, and found it has a lot of good stuff here. Will need help here and there with organic and biochem, but also hoping to expand my knowledge as well as to contribute with what i know to the community here at SFN.