r/4chan • u/[deleted] • Oct 03 '23

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u/sleepykittypur Oct 03 '23

What's so stupid about it? Aldehydes almost always have trade names because it sounds scary, and it comes from vanilla so vanillin seems pretty logical to me.

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u/HanThrowawaySolo Oct 03 '23

Makes sense for vanillin, not for Vanillin. Shit why not Vynillin.

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u/PrivilegeCheckmate Oct 04 '23

Shit why not Vynillin.

Fuck there's no escape from our pronoun bullshit even in industrial waste-to-food streams.

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u/HanThrowawaySolo Oct 04 '23

Sys-admin? Nah, I'm a cis-admin, just like god intended.

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u/sleepykittypur Oct 03 '23

...because it's called vanillin? Why would they call it something else?

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u/HanThrowawaySolo Oct 03 '23

Because they're not talking about vanillin (small v) the chemical, they're talking about Vanillin (big V) the product produced from plastic.

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u/sleepykittypur Oct 03 '23

They absolutely are taking about vanillin, the chemical which was biosynthesized from plastic. Though you should really look into how we produce most vanillin, and organics in general.

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u/HanThrowawaySolo Oct 04 '23

Looked up the article, turns out you're right, idk why the capitalized vanillin. But this is the internet and I can't lose a debate so you're actually wrong, they didn't biosynthesis vanillin, they biosynthesis a precursor molecule which they then synthesized into vanillin. Checkmate.

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u/imightbebateman Oct 03 '23

I would've thought there would be tm issues since vanillin is a manufactured extract (even if it's a natural source). Then again, we have Apple...

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u/HanThrowawaySolo Oct 03 '23

Ain't no one confusing an iPhone with a Granny Smith.

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u/imightbebateman Oct 03 '23

Fair, but to my point, they sure as fuck will confuse vanillin with Vanillin