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This element attacks a carbon singly-bonded to this element in the first step of native chemical ligation. This element is the central nonmetal in a compound that reacts with oxalyl chloride in the beginning of the Swern oxidation. This element substituted with two methyl groups is doubly-bonded to an oxygen in a common organic solvent. Clusters of iron (-5[1])and this element are widely present in enzymes that mediate (10[1])biochemical electron transfers. (10[1])Cross-links with this element (10[1])are created in vulcanization. This element bonded to itself creates (10[1])a namesake “bridge,” and this element bonded (10[1])to hydrogen (10[1])forms a thiol group, such as that in cysteine. For 10 points, name this chalcogen found under oxygen in the periodic table, which has a characteristic odor of rotten eggs. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: sulfur [or S; accept dimethyl sulfoxide; accept iron–sulfur clusters; accept disulfide bridge; prompt on DMSO by asking “what element is being described?”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Mitchell Hackett (D2)Central OklahomaNYU B57-5
Sam Macchi (D2)Vassar ATexas B6710
Braden Booth (D2)MissouriNYU A7010
Cyrus ZhouWUSTL AMcGill E7410
Abigail Zimmerman (UG)IowaTexas A8410
Brynn JonesOregon StateMississippi State9110
Keerthana Krishnan (D2)Texas CVassar B9310
Zaid Asif (D2)NYU BCentral Oklahoma12410
Jacob Tow (UG)Colorado CollegeTexas D12410

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