insane_alien Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 i suspect that one is the smell of the container rather than the chemicals. last time i handled a large quantity of potassium nitrate(2kg) there wasn't a smell at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza2002 Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Pyridine and most amines smell disgusting so they are definately out... I quiet like the smell of ether and ethyl acetate....slightly worrying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Pyridine and most amines smell disgusting so they are definately out... I quiet like the smell of ether and ethyl acetate....slightly worrying! Stop sniffing the solvents; it has started to affect your spelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza2002 Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Lol thanks for the advice....but my spelling was this bad long before I got near solvents! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chembio Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 I think bad chemicals should include benzoyl chloride at the top... And of course concentrated ammonia... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UC Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 I recently did a synthesis that involved heating benzaldehyde and pyrrole in refluxing propionic acid. Just...no. Very fortunately, the solvent was not butyric acid instead. I'll take my prize, now. I rather like the smell of dimethyl maleate, though it has a pretty low vapor pressure so I didn't know it smelled good until I spilled a drop on a glove and walked around wondering what that nice smell was for half an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helloyo53 Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 This may seem a little odd, especially the good ones (well, some of them): Good - Hydrogen sulfide, chlorine (LOVE the smell of chlorine), pure oxygen Bad - Ammonia, NaCl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 Since oxygen doesn't smell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uranium238 Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 the smell of iodine and other hologens just makes me so angry> but ethers are nice:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greippi Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 TEMED (Tetramethylethylenediamine) is yucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iStrangey Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 NO WAY every thing on this list smells terrible compared to trichloromethane i would recommend smelling that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altered State Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I particularly love ether smell. The worst thing I ever smell was cadaverine. I do not think I would ever get close to that s**t once again. And I also believe that I will never smell anything that stinks more than this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiwi Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 the worst smell, that makes me real sick feeling, and nausea, is the new tar for roofs, the welcome mats made from tires, the apple brand cover for the ipad, the stuff they put on your hair at the beauty shop to keep the curls in, i think it is called petroleum distillate, or something from that? i am not a chemist (my husband was) It smells bad, and in addition to that, when i smell it, i start getting nausea, and headache, and weakness, etc. no, not my imagination, as my 93 year old dad, has the same reaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altered State Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Huh, I've just remembered... Did you ever smell aqueous (typical lab concentration) ammonia? It is like extremelly strong pee, isn't it? But, did you ever smell pure liquid anhydrous ammonia? Do not do it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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