Dan Polyak

Senior Scientist @Merck || PhD @BrandeisU || synthetic chemist

[Dan Polyak @DPChem]

When I TA’d orgo lab, we would run a SNAr in the microwave (1-bromo-2,4-dinitrobenzene + aniline) and the product crystallizing out was always so cool

[Sakabe, M. @MSakabe51]

Time lapse of recrystalization

[Dan Polyak @DPChem]

@Apatoneh Awesome, congrats!! 🥳

[Dan Polyak @DPChem]

@KCGOrtiz On second thought, the timing of this makes me wonder if I just got whooshed lololol but great time to buy at a discount…..

[Dan Polyak @DPChem]

@KCGOrtiz If you want to make it easy, whichever brokerage your 401k is in has something like a “Target Retirement [Date] Fund”, just put your whole contribution (% of paycheck as much as your company matches) into that and then forget all about it

[Dan Polyak @DPChem]

@KCGOrtiz Walden Pond was the reason I got a kayak, so peaceful. It was also the first time I questioned the difference between a pond and a lake….pretty big pond. Enjoy the time off 😄

[Dan Polyak @DPChem]

@KCGOrtiz I just started Yakuza 0 this past weekend and am really enjoying it so far, I started Persona 5 Royal a while ago and was also really enjoying it but it’s such a commitment lolol

[Dan Polyak @DPChem]

@stanna_dorn @NIGMS That’s awesome, big congrats!!! 🥳

[Dan Polyak @DPChem]

@cycl0pentadiene Awesome, congrats!! 😄

[Josef Dean @JosefNDean]

Sure matplotlib is cool, but what if I want to load my loss curves into the 2006 hit Flash game LineRider?

[Dan Polyak @DPChem]

@KCGOrtiz Congrats, happy anniversary! 😄

[Dan Polyak @DPChem]

@KCGOrtiz Big day, congrats!! 🥳

[Dan Polyak @DPChem]

@SafeChem79 Congrats! 🥳

[Dan Polyak @DPChem]

@KCGOrtiz Now that I’m back in NJ I’m seeing the opposite problem - people blasting from lane to lane, accidents on the Parkway on a daily basis, cops all over the highways. Boston drivers were way calmer (too calm…) but with all the silly intersections around there I can’t blame them

[Dan Polyak @DPChem]

@billthechemist Congrats!! 🥳

[Dan Polyak @DPChem]

@KCGOrtiz Read through all of Toriko a few years ago - very silly, very fun. I’ll be on the lookout for Rooster Fighter at my local library

[Yulab @YulabJin]

Since Enantioselective beta C-H activation in 2016, we have chased gamma and delta relentlessly, finally: https://t.co/6OEouOoJOb

[Dan Polyak @DPChem]

@Herb_Wakefield Congrats! 🥳

[Dan Polyak @DPChem]

@BagPhos Congrats!! 😄

[Andy Lawrence @biomimetic_chem]

Do you struggle to keep up with the organic synthesis literature? Our former postdoc @SHBennett_ has started the Organic Synthesis Newsletter, a fantastic weekly summary of the recent literature. I highly recommend you subscribe for this FREE resource!!

https://t.co/n0nYq7SktX

[Greg Zilberg @NeuroStructure]

Second first-author pub is finally out 🫡 this one was my first project before COVID, and we got to some real neat data about these weirdo understudied serotonin receptors https://t.co/0KBRPtQM2Q