Editing Squonk (section)

==In scientific literature==
Some substances are stable in solution or some other "wild" form but cannot be isolated or captured without actually catalyzing their own [[polymerization]] or [[decomposition]] ("dissolving in their own tears"). For example, a [[molecule]] containing a [[carboxylic acid]] [[Moiety (chemistry)|moiety]] and an acid labile moiety might be stable when initially prepared as the salt (e.g., barium [[prephenate]]) but unstable as the free acid ([[prephenic acid]]). These have been named "chemical squonks".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Sommer |first=T. J. |author-link=<!--T. J. Gerard Sommer -->  |title=Chemical squonks |journal=Chemical Innovation |pages=24–28 |publisher=American Chemical Society |date=2000 |issn=1527-4799}}</ref>