Chemistry Songs

Project Overview

These songs were written and performed by students in Dr. Otto Phanstiel's Organic Chemistry I and II Classes, starting in 1999, and still singing.

"The Name is What?"

Jessica Rizzi, David Kinas, Alex Hollander, Alicia Bernstein

Song: "My Name Is"

Artist: Eminem

Chorus (repeat 4 times)
Hi, the name is what?
Need help with, who?
Organic�chemistry
Hi kids, do you like chemistry?
But get stuck some times on nomenclature and chirality?
Wanna listen to me, and get A's just like I did?
Here kid, it's a break down of compounds, u might like it
Alkane's first on slate
It's a C group single bonded to 4 H
With no functional group, it's the simplest compound in this case
And Dr. Phanstiel said, hey kids, its so basic!
Uh uh!
Do your homework, you can take it
Well, alkenes are next in line, 2 carbon double bonded

sounds just fine
And when the Carbons have a triple bond, you can just call
it an alkyne
Alkyl halides, Is just a Carbon bonded to a halide
And a halide, is a chloro, Fluoro, Iodo, or Bromo
Halides are most reactive in their class, and have much

Mass
And are the best leaving groups that you will learn in this

Class
Chloro wait a minute, it�s my turn dawg
Its Bromo's turn to bond, carbon sent me to take a H off
Chorus (repeat 4 times)
Cyclopentane is a carbon ring that consists of 5; likewise,
cyclononane is a ring that has 9
It's a fact that benzene is much more stable, which you will see

later, is
one of the most common rings you will see on paper
In order for no atom rub, I have my atoms faced up, in axial

position, and equatorial is different from this one
Extra functional groups, you know you have a lot of them,

alcohols,phenols, thiols, IT DOESNT END!
99% of products have functional groups, Except for

Gilman's reactions,
which I must remind you
I knew I would never grow up to be a famous rapper, but I

might orgo
chem. Cd, just to give you laughter.
Your head will blow up if you decide to cram, for the next

exam,
spread your studying, you know you can
So when you see me, don't ask for my autograph. Cuz ill

sign it, dear