Welcome to the beautiful chaos of chemical nomenclature, where the exceptions are the rule and the rules are... well, mostly suggestions. First-year students think they've cracked the code after memorizing a few IUPAC guidelines. Then senior year hits and they discover organic chemists just named half the compounds after whatever plant they extracted them from or whoever's lab coat caught fire discovering them. Nothing says "scientific rigor" like calling a molecule "urea" because it came from urine or "avocadene" because someone really liked guacamole that day. The real pros know chemistry nomenclature is less about following rules and more about knowing which historical accidents became permanent.
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