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by kijin 1051 days ago
There should be a middle ground somewhere between an unwieldy chemical formula and a catchy product-like name.

For example 3,4-MDMA is a useful shorthand for people who want to be precise as to which isomer they're talking about, but don't want to spell out 3,4-methylene-dioxy-methamphetamine every time.