The Synthesis (Jan, 2014)

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[LUNAS Point Of View]

Maamuhm, if you dont mind me asking, do you

have any update? Its taking too long, Conan

complained

I couldnt !lame him since I "as getting !o#ed,

too Its !een an hou# since the e$pected a##ival of the

coaste# assigned to us, !ut, "e still had no idea "he#e it

"as

%e "e#e in this island fo# ou# schools science

camp It "as a th#ee&day camp "ith the theme

Science' (pplications in )eal *ife "hich "as focused

on Chemist#y The#e "e#e a lot of speake#s !ut the one

"hom I #eally loved "as M#s Ma#+ue !ecause she

p#efe##ed activities #athe# than lectu#es She p#epa#ed

a hands&on activity fo# us and I suppose eve#y!ody

#eally en-oyed it She even gave us ca#ds that contained

info#mations a!out these functional g#oups in .#ganic

Chemist#y Though "e loved this camp, staying any

longe# "asnt pa#t of ou# plans /nfo#tunately, "e

lea#ned that the coaste# assigned to us #an out of gas

and it had to !e to"ed th#ough the nea#est station

0"hich "asnt #eally nea#1 to get enough gasoline (nd

again, unluckily, "ed !een "aiting fo# hou#s no"

2ecause of "hat Conan said, eve#yones attention

tu#ned to M#s Ma#+ue If I "e#e to !ase he# ans"e#

on he# facial e$p#ession3"#inkled fo#ehead, "o##ied

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eyes, shaking hands3Id say that she still didnt get any

update f#om the d#ive#

/hMay!e, -ust may!e, the coaste# is al#eadyon the "ay thats "hy the d#ive# cant te$t us %hat do

you think? I think its coming al#eady, she managed to

say, t#ying to calm us

I looked a#ound and I sa" the 4i#ly 4i#ls044 fo#

sho#t1 They "e#e a g#oup in ou# class consisting of si$

mem!e#s "ho, o!viously, "e#e all gi#ls They "e#e the

ones "ho loved fashion mo#e than anything, e$cept

guys, of cou#se

5ey, Maam6 %ill you tell that d#ive# to #un

faste#? .# else, Im going to kill him Its ve#y hot in

he#e6 That "as 7atie, the leade# of the 44, "ho "as

kno"n to !e the most !eautiful lady in ou# school If I

"e#e to !e asked, though, Id say that 5elise37aties

!estf#iend3looked "ay !ette# than 7atie 5elise "as a

ve#y demu#e and kind pe#son /nlike 7atie "ho lovedattention, she loved to stay in the limelight I didnt

have any idea ho" they !ecame f#iends despite of that

diffe#ence that they had

8lease !e patient, 7atie Complaining "ont get

you any"he#e, M#s Ma#+ue calmly said

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%hateve# old lady, 7atie said sa#castically

5ey, 2a!e, "hat a!out lets go some"he#e 9till thecoaste#s not yet he#e? she asked he# !oyf#iend37a#l,

the leade# of the T#opa, anothe# g#oup in ou# class

The T#opa"as the counte#pa#t of the 44, soo!viously, they "e#e all guys They only had five

mem!e#s %hat made thei# g#oup uni+ue is that they#e

all good&looking, I must say, especially 7a#l :o dou!t

that he !ecame thei# leade# 5e "as my fi#st

!oyf#iend, !y the "ay, !efo#e I fell in love "ith Conan

4oing !ack, anothe# g#oup in ou# class "as the

78.8 *ove#s They "e#e not that popula# and all I kne"

"as that they had fou# mem!e#s, and thei# leade#3

Shaine3liked Conan %ell, poo# gi#l, hes al#eady mine

.h6 2y the "ay, !efo#e I fo#got, the#es anothe#

g#oup called the 2ook *ove#s They "e#e the g#oup "ho

got the least num!e# of mem!e#s and o!viously, its all

!ecause they#e !o#ing Though they kno" a lot a!out

things, they#e still !o#ing 0;ont !lame me fo# saying

#epeatedly that they "e#e !o#ing !ecause they #eally"e#e1 They only got th#ee mem!e#s' )eisa3the 8hysics

lo#d, 7eanna3the Chem lou#d, and Mia3the Math lou#d

9%hat a!out you? you might ask %ell, I "as a

f#eelance# !ecause I "as contented "ith the love of my

life, Conan 5aving one p#ecious pe#son in my life "as

"ay !ette# than having a lot of hypoc#ite people a#ound

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seductively as if I "as not "ith my gi#lf#iend :o, I "as

not assuming She actually "inked at me !efo#e thei#

g#oup ente#ed the coaste#

5ey, *una and Conan, dont you "ant to go

home? M#s Ma#+ue shouted, a"akening my lovely*una f#om day&d#eaming

I -ust smiled at M#s Ma#+ue and apologied,

then I esco#ted *una as she "alked in Since the

g#oupies occupied the seats in f#ont, "e had no choice

!ut to seat on the last #o", "hich "as the most diy&

inducing pa#t of the coaste#

(#e you su#e that you#e comfo#ta!le sitting

he#e? I asked *una

>up6 she ans"e#ed -oyfully, "hich "as ve#y ne"

to he# She didnt #eally love sitting at the !ack and if

she "anted to, "e could ask M#s Ma#+ue to give he# a

seat in f#ont

(fte# a fe" minutes of t#avel going to the po#t,

"e noticed that the coaste# slo"ed do"n, and then it

stopped

Conanuh, I need to pee, *una said

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.kay, lets look fo# a place "he#e you could

#elease that thing 2#ing you# things, okay?

I asked he# to !#ing he# things !ecause the#e

"e#e a lot of #epo#ted cases of lost valua!les in ou#

class %e "ent outside and the good thing "as thatthe#e "as an a!andoned house nea# to "he#e the

coaste# stopped Some of us also stepped out of the

coaste# to get some f#esh ai#, and some stayed to get

mo#e sleep

(s "e came inside the a!andoned house, "e

sea#ched fo# the comfo#t #oom and luckily, the "ate#

faucets "e#e still "o#king I "aited fo# almost half anhou# outside the comfo#t #oom %hat "ould gi#ls do

inside the comfo#t #oom? %hy do they stay the#e so

long, huh? (ny"ay, as I "as "aiting fo# *una, I -ust

#oamed my eyes a#ound the house I "as amaed a!out

its st#uctu#e I could say that it "as "ell&!uilt, enough

to su#pass calamities I feel so !ad a!out the o"ne# 5e

o# she might have had a !ette# house than this that

they decided to leave

5ey, I called *una, -ust to let he# kno" "he#e

I "as %hen she got outside, she seemed ti#ed so I

immediately app#oached he# and "iped off he# s"eat

She held my hand and I noticed that shes cold (#e

you okay?

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She didnt #espond !ut held my hand tighte#

instead %hen I hea#d a si#en3the type of si#en that

"as used !y fi#e t#acks3I felt the u#ge to look "he#e

*una pinned he# eyesthe coaste# "as !u#ning6

.h my 4od, *una gasped "ith tea#s flo"ingf#om he# eyes

ve#ything "ent fast %e sa" eve#yone

panicked M#s Ma#+ue led those "ho "e#e a!le to

escape f#om the fi#e and comfo#ted them

/nfo#tunately, not eve#yone su#vived

It "as #epo#ted that eight 0@1 people died,

including the d#ive# %hile eve#yones !usy c#ying, I

#emem!e#ed one thing' the e$pe#iment sho"ed !y M#s

Ma#+ue "hen she "as discussing a!out hyd#oca#!ons,

th#ee of the A@ functional g#oups in o#ganic chemist#y

ach of the hyd#oca#!ons3alkane, alkene, and

alkyne3is capa!le of #eacting "ith o$ygen, p#oducing

ca#!on dio$ide and "ate#= heat o# light is needed fo#

the #eaction to take place, though That #eaction is

called com!ustion, M#s Ma#+ue e$plained

Com!ustionthat "as mo#e likely the #eaction that took

place that had caused the coaste# to !u#n 8#o!a!ly,

the gasoline "as heated?

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[Karls POV]

I punched the t#ee !eside me I -ust "anted to

hu#t my hands so I "ont have to feel the pain inside

me %e still had a lot of plans %e even planned to get

ma##ied afte# "e g#aduate 7atie"hy? %hy did youhave to die? I kne" it "as my fault, too If only I "as

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ShhhCalm do"n, okay? The#es nothing that "e

could do3

The#e is, 7a#l %e could do something to !e

"ith he# again, 5elise said and pulled me to a place

that I had no idea of

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[Conans POV]

Is eve#yone he#e? M#s Ma#+ue asked %e

"e#e all gloomy !ut "e had no choice !ut to go on That

t#agedy must se#ve as a lesson fo# all of us %e "ill go

!ack to the venue of the campuntil the ne" coaste#sent !y ou# school a##ives, since the#e "e#e still foods

the#e, I think (gain, is eve#yone he#e al#eady?

M#s Ma#+ue made a #oll&call of all the students

"ho su#vived %e "e#e nine, togethe# "ith M#s

Ma#+ue She fi#st called *una and I, then Shaine3the

only mem!e# of 78.8 love#s "ho su#vived, and then all

of the mem!e#s of the 2ook love#s37eanna, Mia, and)eisa %hen 5elise and 7a#l "e#e called, no one

ans"e#ed

/h, Maam, )eisa, a mem!e# of the 2ook love#,

#aised he# hand M#s Ma#+ue looked at he#, and gave

he# a signal to speak She continued, 7a#l and 5elise

a#e not yet he#eand uh, I hea#d that they "e#e a!out

to go some"he#e? Im not #eally su#e

.h, my %hy did you allo" them to go fa# f#om

you? %hy didnt you tell them that I "as gathe#ing

you?

%as it -ust me o# the#es #eally something "#ong

"ith M#s Ma#+ue tone? 5e# "o#ds seemed "o##ied

!ut she seemedcalm %as that even possi!le?

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Maam, *una called %ait *una? I gave he# an

in+uisitive look !ut she -ust smiled at me *et Conan

and I look fo# them, she continued

%hat? *ook, *una, I love you, !ut "e#e not ve#y

familia# "ith this place %hat if "e get lost?

%e "ont, Conan, she said as she gave me a

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Shaine holding one of the !ottles used in the

e$pe#iment in M#s Ma#+ue talk If I "as not

mistaken, "hats placed in the#e "as a su!stance unde#

the functional g#oup (lcohols M#s Ma#+ue in-ected a

sample of that alcohol in a #atand it died instantly

M#s Ma#+ue e$plained that ingestion and a!so#ption

of li+uid (lcohols th#ough skin is to$ic

Bust as I "as a!out to speak, *una !u#st into

tea#s

I hea#d M#s Ma#+ue "hen she "asshe "as

talking to ou# school administ#ato# andthe school said

that the #oads "e#e closed !ecause its not the fi#staccident that happened in this place I hea#d that

mo#e than ten accidents "e#e #epo#ted and3

*una6 Bust get st#aight to the point, "ill you?

%e#e t#apped6 %e#e t#apped in this island,

Conan6

%hat? Thats not a good -oke, *una

;o I look like -oking? 5uh? :o", M#s Ma#+ue

is planning to !#ing us !ack the#e !ecause shes thinking

that the#es still food the#e6 Then "hat? %hat "ill

happen to us "hen "e #an out of food?

I hugged he#

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I dont "ant to die, Conan I dont "ant to die in

sta#vation

%as that the #eason "hy Shane had that !ottle?

Shed t#y to commit suicide? 2ut she "ould need a

sy#inge to kill he#self

Shhcalm do"n, okay? May!e the#e a#e t#ees

he#e "he#e "e can get food 8lus, the school

administ#ation "ont allo" us to die he#e %hat do you

think? I held he# chin fo# he# to look up !ut I found

out that shes not looking at me

.h my 4od, she gasped

I looked at "he#e shes looking and I sa" 5elise

and 7a#l

.h, f#eak

I #an to"a#d thei# di#ection and all I sa" "as a

!ottle of alcoholand a sy#inge

.h f#eak ;id they kill themselves? *una t#ied to

look fo# any sign of life in them and shook he# head

They#edead *unas eyes "e#e once again

filled "ith tea#s and agony I kne", 7a#l "as he# e$&

!oyf#iend and I unde#stood that she still ca#ed fo# him

She sat on the g#ass and c#ied and I couldnt do

anything !ut hug he# and make he# feel that I "as

the#e fo# he#

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%e "ent !ack to M#s Ma#+ue and I sa" them

packing up the things that they still have My eyes "e#e

pinned to Shaine %as it a coincidence that the !ottle

that shes holding "as simila# to the !ottle !eside 7a#l

and 5elise "hen "e found them?

%he#e a#e they? M#s Ma#+ue asked

Maam M#s Ma#+ue "#inkled he# fo#ehead,

"aiting fo# *una to continue "hat shes saying

I inte#vened Maam, "e found them ove#

the#e I pointed to the di#ection "he#e "e sa" 7a#l

and 5elise

%hy didnt they come "ith you? She #ela$ed

he# "#inkled fo#ehead !ut he# face immediately sho"ed

a confused e$p#ession

They#e dead

M#s Ma#+ues eyes "idened upon hea#ing "hat

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[Conans POV]

Maam, dont you think itll !e !ette# if "e "ill

leave them the#e? I cantI cant stand to see dead

people Can "e -ust p#ay fo# them he#e?

I ag#eed "ith *una 8e#haps, the#e "ould !e no

use of !#inging them "hen "e all have the tendency to

die out of sta#vation

.kay, !ut do you have any idea of "hat

happened?

I thinkthey killed themselves, *una ans"e#ed

M#s Ma#+ue nodded as if she al#eady kno"s thattheyll do that

8#o!a!ly, they got too dep#essed 7a#l is 7aties

!oyf#iend and 5elise is 7aties !est f#iend, #ight?

%e !oth nodded

Since its al#eady late and "e cant affo#d to

get lost in the night, I suggest that "ell have to stay

he#e fo# a "hile and tomo##o" %e could stay in the

a!andoned house, any"ay If the ne" coaste# didnt

come still, "ell "ait on the place "he#e "e conducted

you# camp, M#s Ma#+ue said

%e had no choice !ut to ag#ee ;u#ing the night,

"hen *una fell asleep, I app#oached Shaine "ho "as

then sitting and sta#ing at no"he#e

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Shaine, I patted he# !ack "hen I noticed that

she "as c#ying She looked at me and sho"ed a "eak

smile

5i, Conan

%he#e did you get that !ottle of alcohol that

you held "hen M#s Ma#+ue "as having a #oll&call? I

asked #ight a"ay %hy "ould I !eat a#ound the !ush if

that "as the only thing I "anted to ask f#om he#?

.h, thatdo you "ant it? )eisa gave it to me,

she ans"e#ed

%hy did she give it? I mean3

She stole it in the camp, thinking that she

might use it in the e$pe#iments that shes !een planning

to conduct >ou kno", she loves chemist#y and

e$pe#iments and all 2ut then, "e#e all t#apped in this

island, #ight? She gave it to me !ecause I "as planning

to kill myself %hy do you ask?

/hnothing Its -ust that5elise and 7a#lkilled themselves "ith those things, too

)eally? I dont think )eisa has a spa#e of this

alcohol She stood up and got the !ottle of alcohol, and

then she handed it to me

5o" did you say so?

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I asked fo# t"o She couldve -ust given me the

othe# one, #ight?

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[Lunas POV]

I "oke up in the a#ms of Conan I -ust smiled I

loved !eing "ith him and I "as "illing to spend fo#eve#

"ith him

I hoped that this day "ould !e diffe#ent It "as

-ust ou# second day in this place and "hile Conan "as

sound asleep, I sa" M#s Ma#+ue "alking !ack and

fo#th so I had decided to talk to he# I suggested to

he# that it "ould !e !ette# if "e "ould -ust stay he#e

5e# plan of going !ack to the camp "as not p#actical

/hyou got a point the#e, she said 2ut as fo#

no", "e need to sea#ch fo# any sou#ce of food :one ofus ate anything since yeste#day afte#noon, #ight?

I nodded

;o you "ant to sta#t sea#ching no", Maam? I

asked She -ust nodded and so "e left the place and

sta#ted sea#ching

%hile "e "e#e in the fo#est, M#s Ma#+uesta#ted to ask +uestions a!out ou# class like "ho "as

the pa#tne# of this pe#son and such things, and I -ust

ans"e#ed he#

I hea#d that Conan "as !eing linked to Shaine,

!ut you#e the gi#lf#iend, #ight? I -ust smiled at he#

+uestion She -ust laughed softly and continued, So##y

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!othe# to "aste you# time in it, #ight? 2ut havent you

thought of killing he#? >ou kno", -ust like the movies

%e -ust laughed at he# -oke

I neve# thought that you#e cool and silly,

Maam, I noted

:ot ve#y fa# f#om "he#e "e "e#e, I "as amaed

to see a mango t#ee and it actually had some f#uits6 I

clim!ed and sta#ted picking some f#uits -ust enough fo#

eve#yone %e couldnt -ust eat eve#ything %e still

needed to save fo# tomo##o"

%hy did you say so? 2ecause Im te##o# insidethe class?

>eah, and you kno"you al"ays humiliate me in

f#ont of eve#yone, I -oked

:ah, it is pa#t of lea#ning, *una

I kno" Maam, I kno"

I "ent do"n and handed M#s Ma#+ue a mangoas I ate one (s "e "e#e eating, Mia and )eisa3!oth

mem!e#s of the !ook love#s3app#oached us

;o you "ant some? M#s Ma#+ue asked

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[Conans POV]

Shaine, please *una might see us, I

complained

I "as looking fo# *una "hen Shaine hugged me

f#om !ehind I had al"ays "anted to tu#n he# do"n !ut

I #espect he# and shes still a gi#l 2ut I couldnt

tole#ate he# any longe# fo# !eing too clingy I #emoved

Shaines a#ms f#om me and distanced myself f#om he#

I looked at he# and said, I have tole#ated you#

9affection fo# a long time !ut I neve# gave you the

pe#mission to act as my gi#lf#iend 8lease, Shaine, -ustget out of my life >ou dese#ve someone "ho "ill love

you fo# "ho you a#e

May!e I had said too much !ut that "as the

lightest that I could do Tea#s flo"ed f#om he# eyes as

she nodded and flashed a "eak smile

>eah Su#e I "ill not !othe# you anymo#e, she

said

She then left and I continued to look fo# *una

My feet led me to the fo#est and as I "as "alking in

the midst of it fo# a!out half an hou# al#eady, I hea#d a

loud sc#eam I couldnt !e mistaken It "as *unas voice6

I #an faste# to"a#ds to "he#e the voice came

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fa# f#om them, had I seen Mia and )eisa soaking in

thei# o"n !loods

%hat happened? I asked *una as I app#oached

and comfo#ted he#

%e "e#e -ust looking fo# food and then Mia and

)eisa app#oached us, andS&someonesomeone came

and t#ied to kill us, she managed to say though he#

"hole !ody "as shaking in fea# If you came late"e

"ould !e dead !y no"

I calmed he# fi#st and "hen I felt that she "as

fine al#eady, I asked he#, ;o you #emem!e# the face

of that pe#son "ho t#ied to kill you? I looked at he#ste#nly I "as a kind of disappointed "hen she shook

he# head

(ll I #emem!e# is thatthe#e "as a gas My

vision !ecame !lu##y, my head hu#t like hell, and Ive

seen diffe#ent thingsthings I dont kno" "hat, she

ans"e#ed

That "as a na#cotic gas .u# attention shifted

to M#s Ma#+ue .kay, I "as e$pecting a 9%hat

happened? line f#om he# and I thought that she "ould

!e shocked to see that Mia and )eisa died, !ut she

seemed calmed %as it -ust he# natu#e to !e calm, o#

"as the#e something? I -ust nodded :a#cosis It

seemed that Ive al#eady #ead that in the ca#ds that

M#s Ma#+ue gave to us

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My thoughts "e#e inte##upted "hen *una called

me, Conan I looked at he# and she handed me a ca#d

The ca#ds M#s Ma#+ue gave to us, !ut this time, the

ca#ds had a stain of !lood The#e "as aGood luck !"#

"#itten in p#int, on a sheet of pape# in f#ont of the

ca#ds

%ait, *una thought fo# a "hile If the kille#

has that, then he o# she "as pa#t of ou# camp, #ight?

5e o# she is -ust one of us

I nodded She "as #ight

(nd it also means that all that had happened,

the !u#ning coaste# and 5elises and 7a#ls death, "e#enot an accident %ho "as the kille#, then?

Maam, "ho "e#e left in the camp? I asked

M#s Ma#+ue

If Im not mistaken, Shaine and 7eanna "e#e

the only t"o people left in the camp, since the t"o of

you a#e "ith me

If that "as the case, then only one of them "as

the suspect f#om all of these

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[$%ird Persons POV]

C&conanI dont "ant to go !ack the#e6 *una

panicked 5e# eyes seemed to sho" that she "as

f#ightened

;ont "o##y, okay? I "ill p#otect you, Conan

said as he held he# hand and gave he# a #eassu#ing look

5e looked at M#s Ma#+ue and said, Maam, "e need to

have a plan

The teache# nodded

.kay, since you kno" them !ette#, !et"een

Shane and 7eanna, "ho has the tendency to killsomeone? She asked

7eanna *una and Conan said in unison

Conan, "hy did you think of 7eanna? M#s

Ma#+ue asked

Conan thought fo# a "hile and #esponded, Im

not #eally su#e, !ut as fa# as

I #emem!e#, shes the mad scientist he#e, the

chemist#y lou#d If the kille# gave the fou# functional

g#oups as he# clue, then she mustve !een good in

Chemist#y, #ight?

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(nd shes not #eally kind She -ust cove#s up

he# !ad side She al"ays makes me feel like Im the

dum!est pe#son in the "o#ld, *una said

So Conan, take a look at 7eanna and al"ays !e

ale#t, okay? M#s Ma#+ue then took a look at theca#ds

She held ca#ds These ca#ds "e#e fo#

(lcohols, (lkyl 5alides, (mines, Ca#!o$ylic acid

anhyd#ides, (mides, Ca#!o$ylic acid halides (#omatic

compounds, ste#s, (lkane, (lkene, and (lkyne, she

said

I thinkthose "e#e fo# "hat she al#eady used*una concluded The hyd#oca#!ons fo# the fi#e in the

coaste#, (lcohol and (lkyl 5alide fo# the death of

5elise and 7a#l? Im not #eally su#eand uh, the

(#omatic Compound and ste# "e#e !oth na#cotic

su!stances, #ight? So those "e#e used "hen she killed

Mia and )eisaand "hen she t#ied to kill us, *una

looked at M#s Ma#+ue

The#e a#e still AA functional g#oups left %hat

no"? Conan asked

It means that "e have to guess "hat functional

g#oup she "ill use ne$t, M#s Ma#+ue said The othe#

t"o nodded

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%ait6 Isnt it that most of the functional

g#oups left "e#e e$plosives? M#s Ma#+ue eyes

"idened "ith "hat *una said Conan -ust kept silent and

thought .h my goodnesI dont "ant to go !ack

the#e

2ut ou# things a#e the#e so "e have no choice,

Conan spoke

(h6 I dont kno" "hat to do anymo#e, *una

!u#st into tea#s again She cove#ed he# face "ith the

palm of he# hands

%e "ill go !ack the#e 8#etend that "e havent

figu#ed out "ho did this filthy thing T#y to act as

no#mal as possi!le, okay? M#s Ma#+ue advised

:o#mal? .h my 4od 5o" can I act no#mal?

%hat if shell kill me ne$t? *una f#eaked out

5ey, Conan hugged he# and t#ied to calm he#

do"n and said, I "ill p#otect you, okay? I "ont let he#

hu#t you

It "as only afte#noon "hen they "ent !ack and

found Shaine hanging clothes that she "ashed, 9Thanks

to that a!andoned house, she thought

.h, hi *una6 Shaine chee#fully g#eeted he#

She then gave Conan a pained look

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*ets go, Conan held *unas hand and they

"alked passed !y Shaine

(s the th#ee "ent inside the a!andoned house,

they found 7eanna #eading a Chemist#y !ook, -ust as

usual The chem lou#d -ust looked at them and "ithoutany "o#d, she shifted he# attention !ack to "hat she

"as #eading

The atmosphe#e seemed no#mal, !ut the th#ee

"e#e uneasy ven "hen they "e#e packing thei# things

they t#ied to keep an eye on 7eanna St#angely, the lady

didnt do anything "ei#d

9%hat if shes studying on ho" shell kill one ofus ne$t?Conan thought

%hen Shaine ente#ed, she noticed the silence

!ut she -ust sh#ugged it off (ll day, silence filled the

place as they did #andom things to kill time :ight came

"hen *una finally !#oke the silence

Ill -ust go to the comfo#t #oom, Conan "as

a!out to stand and accompany he#, !ut she insisted

that she could do it Conan ag#eed since he could -ust

keep an eye on Shaine and 7eanna to make su#e that

*unas safe

%hen *una came !ack, she flashed a silly smile,

like shes a c#ay pe#son Conan kne" that "as "ei#d

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They slept Conan "as !et"een M#s Ma#+ue

and *una, thinking that it "ould !e safe# if they "ould

lie ne$t to each othe# (t least, thats "hat they

thought

In the midst of the night, Shaine stood up to go

to the comfo#t #oom "hen someone sp#ayed something

to he# eyes that caused it to !e i##itated She t#ied to

sc#eam !ut that pe#son cove#ed he# mouth, and then

she "as hit "ith a knife 2lood fle" f#om he# stomach

to the g#ound

.h my 4od, someone gasped The kille# tu#nedand sa" 7eanna 2efo#e she "as a!le to #un, an

i##itating su!stance filled he# eyes and "ith a !link of

an eye, a knife landed on the diffe#ent pa#ts of he#

!ody

:ot so fa#, Conan sa" eve#ything 5e "as a!out

to g#a! and stop the kille# !ut again, the kille# sp#ayed

an i##itating su!stance to his eyes, !ut this time, he"as not killed 5e "as -ust tied up .n the othe# side of

the #oom, M#s Ma#+ue t#ied to open the doo# !ut they

"e#e locked The ne$t thing she kne", she "as tied up

!eside Conan

*una looked at them, !ut not "ith he# s"eet and

e$p#essive eyes She looked at them "ith pain and

hat#ed, !ut still, "ith love

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(nd hou# and a half left, she mutte#ed to

Conan and M#s Ma#+ue that left the t"o in confusion

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&'inale("

*una looked at M#s Ma#+ue and flashed a silly

smile, the one she flashed last night She played "ith

the knife that she held as she "alked !ack and fo#th in

f#ont of them

%&"hy a#e you doing this? M#s Ma#+ue

asked

*una stopped "alking She laughed "eakly and

shook he# head ou#e asking me 9"hy?6 %hy dont you askyou#selves? She paused (h6 .f cou#se, you didnt

kno" >ou#e too num! to kno" %hen she #ealied that

M#s Ma#+ue didnt #eally kno" "hat she "as talking

a!out, she spoke again >ou see, you neve# kne" the

effects of humiliating someone in f#ont of thei# class

(t fi#st, I took eve#ything as a -oke, !ut youve pushed

me to the limits, Maam, she said, emphasiing the last

"o#d

;ont !lame me fo# that6 If only you studied

you# lessons !ette#, you "ont get humiliated63

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%aitI #eally dont get it >ou planned

eve#ything? he asked>es, my love She looked at him and smiled

%ell, technically I didnt kno" that the coaste# had a

p#o!lem My o#iginal plan "as to delay ou# t#avel to

avoid help f#om othe# people, and then ask fo# a stop,and then poof6 2u#n it

So thats "hy you didnt complain sitting at the

!ack? Conan said in dis!elief

>es, thatDs "hy it "as okay fo# me to sit at the

!ack of the coaste# !ecause it "ould !e easie# fo# me

to e$ecute my plans if I "e#e seated the#e (nd oh, do

you "onde# "hat took me so long in the comfo#t #oom?It "as the !om! that I "ill e$plode, She looked at

he# "atch and continued, (fte# an hou# and a half

2utho" did you kno" a!out this house?

It "as ou#s, !efo#e my pa#ents got a divo#ce

Conan got su#p#ised "ith "hat he hea#d *una

had !een ca#eful in telling not anyone a!out this!ecause she still hadnt accepted the fact that she

"ould not have the chance to have a "hole family

;o I #eally have to e$plain eve#ything? (l#ight,

I "illeven if I kno" that you "ould thing that these

a#e too shallo"

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Ive kno"n all of you since I ente#ed high

school, and since then I neve# had the chance to have a

no#mal life!ecause eve#yone thought that I "as dum!

%ell,

I "asnt I "as -ust too doomed "hen my pa#ents

sepa#ated Though I seemed to !e fine, mind you, I

havent moved on until no"

Thats "hy Ive hated each and eve#y one on the

classuntil I fell in love "ith someone' 7a#l I thought

that he "ould make me feel loved, !ut he didnt 5mmI

think Ill give c#edit on him fo# loving me, !ut he also

gave me enough pain to think that he #eally neve# loved

me, no# did he eve# ca#e fo# me!ecause "hen "e "e#e

still togethe#, he dated 5elise

Conans eyes "idened 5e e$pected that it "as7atie, not 5elise

>es, 5elisenot 7atie, she continued %hen I

found out a!out them, I !#oke up "ith 7a#l and I have

no idea ho" he ended up "ith 7atie, the !itch

(gh6 That gi#lI #eally hate he# She doesnt

o"n me, fo# 4ods sake6 :o one o"ns me ;u#ing that

time "hen 7atie made fun of me, I thought I had some

f#iends to lean on

I thought that Mia, )eisa, and 7eanna "ould !e

the#e fo# me, !ut again, I "as "#ong *ife didnt #eally

fail to disappoint me

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(nd you, Conan *una looked at Conan "ith that

kind of look that she had al"ays given him >ou -ust

dont kno" ho" thankful I "as to have youand I "ont

allo" you to leave me, too Im ve#y a"a#e that you#e

falling fo# Shaine, -ust so you kno" Thats "hy I "ant

to secu#e my futu#e "ith you I "ant to !e "ith you

fo#eve#, and She looked at he# "atch that says E'FG

(M She still had AG minutes !efo#e the !om! "ould

e$plode so she faced M#s Ma#+ue and said, I hope

that you !ecame p#oud of me fo# applying "hat Ive

lea#ned f#om you a!out .#ganic Chemist#y

That "as #idiculous, *una, you kno" that, M#s

Ma#+ue said

>eah, yeah, I kno" (ny"ay, she faced Conan

again Th#ee eah, I love you, Conan, and

Im "illing to spend fo#eve# "ith you, she said

F'HH (M

(nd ou# fo#eve# sta#ts:o"

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2.:/S 8(4S

:aming Compounds /sing the I/8(C Systemand

Synthesis of


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$%e )UPAC S*ste+atic A,,roac% to No+enclature

( #ational nomenclatu#e system should do atleast t"o things'

A It should indicate ho" the ca#!on atoms of agiven compound a#e !onded togethe# in acha#acte#istic lattice of chains and #ings

It should identify and locate any functionalg#oups p#esent in the compound

Since hyd#ogen is such a common component ofo#ganic compounds, its amount and locations can !eassumed f#om the tet#avalency of ca#!on, and need not!e specified in most cases

In gene#al, an I/8(C name "ill have th#ee essentialfeatu#es'

J ( #oot o# !ase indicating a ma-o# chain o# #ingof ca#!on atoms found in the molecula# st#uctu#e

J ( suffi$ o# othe# element0s1 designatingfunctional g#oups that may !e p#esent in the compound

J :ames of su!stituent g#oups, othe# thanhyd#ogen, that complete the molecula#st#uctu#e

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Alkanes

:aming '

A


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6/ )f two different su0stituents are ,resent on

t%e rin1# t%e* are listed in al,%a0etical

order# and t%e first cited su0stituent is

assi1ned to car0on 7./ $%e nu+0erin1 of

rin1 car0ons t%en continues in a direction

&clockwise or counter8clockwise" t%at affords

t%e second su0stituent t%e lower ,ossi0le

location nu+0er/

9/ )f se2eral su0stituents are ,resent on t%e

rin1# t%e* are listed in al,%a0etical order/

Location nu+0ers are assi1ned to t%e

su0stituents so t%at one of t%e+ is at car0on

7. and t%e ot%er locations %a2e t%e lowest

,ossi0le nu+0ers# countin1 in eit%er a

clockwise or counter8clockwise direction/

:/ $%e na+e is asse+0led# listin1 1rou,s in

al,%a0etical order and 1i2in1 eac% 1rou, &if

t%ere are two or +ore" a location nu+0er/

$%e ,refi5es di# tri# tetra etc/# used to

desi1nate se2eral 1rou,s of t%e sa+e kind#

are not considered w%en al,%a0eti;in1/

S*nt%esis!

5yd#ogenation of (lkene 0 1

5yd#ogenation of (lkyne 0 1


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S*nt%esis!

C5EC5.5 L S.Cl C5EC5Cl L S.

L 5CI

C5EC5.5 L 8ClE C5EC5Cl L 80.51E

L 5CI C5EC5.5 L 8ClE C5EC5Cl L 8.ClE L

5CI

C5EC5.5 L 82#E C5EC5Cl L

80.5E1 L 5CI

Su!&)ules fo# I/8(C :omenclatu#e

A If the#e a#e t"o o# mo#e longest chains ofe+ual length, the one having the la#gestnum!e# of su!stituents is chosen

If !oth ends of the #oot chain havee+uidistant su!stituents'a !egin num!e#ing at the end nea#est a

thi#d su!stituent, if one is p#esent! !egin num!e#ing at the end nea#est the

fi#st cited g#oup 0alpha!etical o#de#1


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6/ $%e root c%ain +ust 0e nu+0ered fro+ t%e end

nearest a dou0le 0ond car0on ato+/ )f t%e

dou0le 0ond is in t%e center of t%e c%ain# t%e

nearest su0stituent rule is used to deter+ine

t%e end w%ere nu+0erin1 starts/

9/ $%e s+aller of t%e two nu+0ers desi1natin1 t%e

car0on ato+s of t%e dou0le 0ond is used as t%e

dou0le 0ond locator/ )f +ore t%an one dou0le

0ond is ,resent t%e co+,ound is na+ed as a

diene# triene or e>ui2alent ,refi5 indicatin1 t%e

nu+0er of dou0le 0onds and eac% dou0le 0ond is

assi1ned a locator nu+0er/

:/ )n c*cloalkenes t%e dou0le 0ond car0ons are

assi1ned rin1 locations 7. and 73/ ?%ic% of

t%e two is 7. +a* 0e deter+ined 0* t%e

nearest su0stituent rule/

@/ Su0stituent 1rou,s containin1 dou0le 0onds are!

a/ =3CC=B Vin*l 1rou,

0/ =3CC=BC=3B All*l 1rou,

Ma#kovnikovs #ule &5 "ith g#eate# num!e# of alkyl g#oup 5&C "ith less num!e# of alkyl g#oup C "ith less num!e# of 5 C "ith g#eate# num!e# of 5 The ending of the name as a suffi$ tells the type

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./ $%e *ne suffi5 &endin1" indicates an alk*ne or

c*cloalk*ne/

./ $%e lon1est c%ain c%osen for t%e root na+e

+ust include 0ot% car0on ato+s of t%e tri,le

0ond/

3/ $%e root c%ain +ust 0e nu+0ered fro+ t%e

end nearest a tri,le 0ond car0on ato+/ )f

t%e tri,le 0ond is in t%e center of t%e c%ain#

t%e nearest su0stituent rule is used to

deter+ine t%e end w%ere nu+0erin1 starts/

6/ $%e s+aller of t%e two nu+0ers desi1natin1

t%e car0on ato+s of t%e tri,le 0ond is used

as t%e tri,le 0ond locator/

9/ )f se2eral +ulti,le 0onds are ,resent# eac%

+ust 0e assi1ned a locator nu+0er/ ou0le

0onds ,recede tri,le 0onds in t%e )UPAC

na+e# 0ut t%e c%ain is nu+0ered fro+ t%e end

nearest a +ulti,le 0ond# re1ardless of its

nature/

:/ Decause t%e tri,le 0ond is linear# it can onl*

0e acco++odated in rin1s lar1er t%an ten

car0ons/ )n si+,le c*cloalk*nes t%e tri,le

0ond car0ons are assi1ned rin1 locations 7.

and 73/ ?%ic% of t%e two is 7. +a* 0edeter+ined 0* t%e nearest su0stituent rule/

@/ Su0stituent 1rou,s containin1 tri,le 0onds are!

a. =CCEt%*n*l 1rou,

b. =CC=C=3Pro,ar1*l 1rou,

S*nt%esis of Alk*ne!

5yd#ogenation K

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5alogenation K

5yd#ohalogenation K 5 5yd#ation K

Su08-ules for )UPAC No+enclature

$%e root c%ain is t%at w%ic% contains t%e

+a5i+u+ nu+0er of +ulti,le 0onds/

)f +ore t%an one suc% c%ain is found# t%e

lon1est is c%osen as t%e root/

)f t%e c%ains %a2e e>ual len1t% t%e one wit%

t%e +ost dou0le 0onds is c%osen/

Alde%*de

:aming 'A Count the longest ca#!on chain :ame the alkyl g#oupE (ssign num!e# to the alkyl g#oupF The ending of the name as a suffi$, Kal , tells

the type of compound o# functional g#oupp#esent

Synthesis ' .$idation of alcohols, #ea##angements

2enylic o$idation

.$idation of alkenes

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)eaction of alkynes

5yd#olysis o# dep#otection

Alco%ol

:aming

A Count the longest ca#!on chain :ame the alkyl g#oupE (ssign num!e# to the alkyl g#oupF The ending of the name as a suffi$, ol N tells

the type of compound o# functional g#oupp#esent

Synthesis'

5yd#ation of alkene K

)eduction of aldehyde K

)eduction of ketone K

)eduction of ca#!o$ylic acid K

)eduction of este# K

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$%iol

Synthesis' )2#L:aS5)S5 L :a2#

:aming 'A Count the longest ca#!on chain :ame the alkyl g#oupE (ssign num!e# to the alkyl g#oup

F The p#efi$ Nhyd#o$yN is used "ith the !ondingposition

Sulfide

Count the longest ca#!on chain :ame the alkyl g#oup (ssign num!e# to the alkyl g#oup The ending of the name as a suffi$ tells the type


Me#captans can !e named !y naming the pa#entcompound immediately follo"ed !y the "o#d thiol The -S5 g#oup can also !e named as a su!stituent using theg#oup name, sulfhyd#yl Me#captans can also !e named!y naming the ca#!on g#oup as a sepa#ate "o#d follo"ed!y the "o#d me#captan

Et%er

Synthesis' )&.5 L )I ).) L 5I

:aming 'A Count the longest ca#!on chain :ame the alkyl g#oupE (ssign num!e# to the alkyl g#oup

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4. )ecognise that the molecule is an ethe# !ecauseit has the gene#al fo#m'

5. Identify the pa#ts la!elled N)AN and N)N

To do this #ecall the standa#d system ofla!elling ca#!on chains as used fo# alkanes:ote that N)AN and N)N may !e linea# cha#!on chains 0"hich a#e simple# to name1 o# they may

!e !#anched, o# may even have othe# functionalg#oups 0eg halogens, see haloalkanes1 attachedas "ell

O (cco#ding to the standa#d system fo# namingethe#s, the sho#te# of the t"o chains N)AN andN)N !ecomes the fi#st pa#t of the name wit%t%e F8aneF suffi5 t%at a,,lies to t%e

corres,ondin1 alkane c%an1ed to 8o5*, and thename of the longe# alkane chain fo#ming thesuffi$ of the name of the ethe#

A+ine

Synthesis '(*7>*(TI.:

)C52# L :5E )C5:5 L:5F0L1 2#0K1

:aming 'A Count the longest ca#!on chain :ame the alkyl g#oupE (ssign num!e# to the alkyl g#oupF The ending of the name as a suffi$, eneand *ne

, tells the type of compound o# functional g#oupp#esent

G (mines a#e de#ivatives of ammonia in "hich oneo# mo#e of the hyd#ogens has !een #eplaced !y

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an alkyl o# a#yl g#oup The nomenclatu#e ofamines is complicated !y the fact that seve#aldiffe#ent nomenclatu#e systems e$ist, and the#eis no clea# p#efe#ence fo# one ove# the othe#s


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Car0o5*lic Acid

:aming 'A Count the longest ca#!on chain :ame the alkyl g#oupE (ssign num!e# to the alkyl g#oup4. The ending of the name as a suffi$, "-oic acid"

suffix, although "-ic acid" is the suffix most

commonly used , tells the type of compound o#functional g#oup p#esent

:itrileSynthesis'

(mmo$idationC5EC5RC5L E .L :5E:CC5RC5L E 5.

5yd#ocyanationC5RC5&C5RC5L 5C::C0C51

:aming'

A Count the longest ca#!on chain :ame the alkyl g#oupE (ssign num!e# to the alkyl g#oupF The ending of the name as a suffi$ tells the type


A+ide

:aming'A Count the longest ca#!on chain

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:ame the alkyl g#oupE (ssign num!e# to the alkyl g#oupF The ending of the name as a suffi$ tells the type

of compound o# functional g#oup p#esent Schmidt )eaction

Schotten&2aumann )eaction

Car0o5*lic Acid =alide

:aming'A Count the longest ca#!on chain :ame the alkyl g#oupE (ssign num!e# to the alkyl g#oupF The ending of the name as a suffi$ tells the type

of compound o# functional g#oup p#esentC.MM.: :(M 08)STM(TIC :(M 0;).8 01 Q (;; 0.IC1 Q (;;

(CI;1 5(:.IC (CI;U

0CR. C()2.: IS VA1

C.M8* C.M8./:;S 0(*7(: L C()2.>*IC

(CI;1 C>C*.5(:C()2.>*IC (CI;U

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Alde%*de

:aming'A Count the longest ca#!on chain :ame the alkyl g#oupE (ssign num!e# to the alkyl g#oup

F The ending of the name as a suffi$ tells the typeof compound o# functional g#oup p#esent

G If the ca#!on in the ca#!onyl g#oup cannot !eincluded in the attached chain 0fo# instance inthe case of cyclic aldehydes1, the p#efi$Nfo#myl&N o# the suffi$ N&ca#!aldehydeN is used

O (cyl o# acid halides a#e de#ivatives of ca#!o$ylicacids

The #oot name is !ased on the longest chain

including the ca#!onyl g#oup of the acyl g#oup@ Since the acyl g#oup is at the end of the chain,

the CR. ca#!on must !e CAW The acyl halide suffi$ is appended afte# the

hyd#oca#!on suffi$ minus the NeN ' eg &ane L&oyl halide R &anoyl halide etc

AH The most common halide encounte#ed is thechlo#ide, hence acyl o# acid chlo#ides, egethanoyl chlo#id

Ketone

:aming'A Count the longest ca#!on chain :ame the alkyl g#oupE (ssign num!e# to the alkyl g#oupF The ending of the name as a suffi$ tells the type

of compound o# functional g#oup p#esentG 7etones 0)&C.&)1 take the suffi$ N&oneN

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O If a highe# p#ecedence suffi$ is in use, thep#efi$ No$o&N is used

Ester

:aming 'A The I/8(C system of nomenclatu#e assigns a

cha#acte#istic suffi$ &alto aldehydes


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Mitsuno!u )eaction

Steglich ste#ification

Aro+atic Co+,ound

Synthesis' (lkylation K )C*(lClE

:aming '

A Count the longest ca#!on chain :ame the alkyl g#oupE (ssign num!e# to the alkyl g#oupF The ending of the name as a suffi$ tells the type

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