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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 and this element are widely present (10[1])in enzymes that mediate biochemical electron transfers. Cross-links with this element are created in vulcanization. (10[2])This element bonded to itself creates a namesake “bridge,” and this element bonded to hydrogen 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■

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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Russell Nip (UG)UBC AUBC B6310
Kevin YeSFUAlberta7810
Euan McCubbin (UG)UW BUW A7810

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