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Tag Archives: Humor
The Great Rabbit War of 863AD: Myth or Historical Fact?
Literary evidence paired with hard archaeological data (rusty coke cans) confirm the true site of the Great Rabbit Wars!
Area Grad Student Still Explaining what they study to Grandparents over Thanksgiving Dinner
An area grad student in an ECE program specializing in Signals Processing tries to explain what she does to her grandparents
The Effects of Alcohol on the Grant-Writing Process
Different alcohols are tested to find the best way to drunk write a grant proposal. Read about the results here
PPG: Personal Protective Groups as a Defence Against Laboratory Carcinogens
New methods to protect post-grad chemists from laboratory carcinogens.
Applications of Cursed Chemistry in the Total Synthesis of Impracticatechol
the total synthesis of Impracticatechol. The highly complicated structure features a dozen stereocenters and a raft of functional groups including a pentavalent carbon.
The Smythe Reagent: ~1.6 M LiOH in Hexane
We describe a range of applications for the Smythe reagent, such as the O-lithiation of carboxylic acids, hydrolysis of ethyl esters and chlorophosphines, racemisation of alpha-stereocenters and poly-Claisen condensations.
Basketane Carrying Capacity and a Closer Look at the Atom Economy
What can one even buy in an atom economy like this? How much can I carry in my basketane, and how much will it cost? Through this research we have concluded nothing.
Methyl Ethyl Butyl Futyl
This review highlights some examples in the history and applications of the futyl group
Novel Magnesium Based Chlorin for Efficient Catalytic Reduction of CO2
Chlorin A is discovered from Hazel Plants green hipster drink and was therefore boiled into sugary carbon