Question
Tobacco companies disproportionately advertised cigarettes containing this flavorant to Black Americans in the 1960s and 1970s. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this compound responsible for the flavor and cold-inducing feeling of mint. The FDA authorized vape companies to market products containing this compound in June 2024.
ANSWER: menthol
[10h] Perhaps the most significant industrial application of this chemist’s Nobel Prize work was an asymmetric synthesis of menthol from myrcene. This Japanese chemist pioneered using rhodium with BINAP ligands to catalyze asymmetric hydrogenations.
ANSWER: Ryōji Noyori [or Noyori Ryōji]
[10m] Like most other essential oils, natural menthol extraction from the mint plant typically uses the “steam” form of this procedure. A Perkin triangle may be used to perform this procedure under low pressures.
ANSWER: distillation [accept steam distillation or vacuum distillation]
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Summary
| 2024 ARCADIA at BU | 2024-12-06 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Duke | 2024-12-06 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Missouri S&T | 2024-12-06 | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024 ARCADIA Online | 2025-05-17 | Y | 5 | 24.00 | 100% | 100% | 40% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Penn State | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech | 2024-12-06 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo | 2024-11-09 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 50% | 17% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 80% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 4 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Warwick | 2024-12-06 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 80% | 60% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Claremont | 2024-11-02 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
Data
| Georgia Tech B | Milton | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech B | Milton | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech B | Mississippi State | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech B | Mississippi State | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Lambert | Georgia Tech C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech C | Innovation Academy B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Georgia Tech D | Innovation Academy C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Innovation Academy B | Innovation Academy A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech A | Johns Creek | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech B | Milton | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech B | Milton | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech B | Mississippi State | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech B | Mississippi State | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |