Originally Posted by: Jamiephofe"N, N, N’, N’,-tetramethyl-N, N’-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-2,-
3-dioleoyloxy-1,4-butanediammoniumiodide"

Jeeeez....

I think i'm going to read your paper to find out what the hell that means Doc Simon!

Actually, if your music theory is upto scratch and you don't see anything intimidating with a chord like Gm 13+7sharp 7 +5(you've seen chords with names like that),then this tetra methane stuff is just like that.
It's just a definition of how atoms and molecules are joined,which one to where, the orientations,blah blah blah. Much like a jigsaw puzzle.
The reason Doc says they just call it stuff is just that; there is nothing much to it. If he wants to get into it,he knows how to get into it,so why bother learning the name of a compound that takes three minutes to pronounce.