Ichiro SciAn /一ロ•サイアン🤖🔬 The Otaku Science VTutor

Chem and Bio Teacher / Unhinged VTutor 🧪🔬 || Twitch Affiliate || MDNI || ママ: @noxcuro || パパ: @burgirl_stall || PFP: @rioartwork19 || 📧: [email protected]

[Ichiro SciAn /一ロ•サイアン🤖🔬 The Otaku Science VTutor @IchiroScian]

Here's a bit about me!

Name: Ichiro Scian
Occupation: Science VTutor

Age: *Sore wa himitsu desu*
Height: 160 cm/5' 5"

Character Design - @noxcuro
Model Artist/Rigger - @burgirl_stall

Tags:
Science Stream = #SciAnClass
Hobby Stream = #SciAnFun
Fanart = #SciAnFigs

[Ichiro SciAn /一ロ•サイアン🤖🔬 The Otaku Science VTutor @IchiroScian]

@vixxykon How did you make that?! Show me your ways! XD

[Ichiro SciAn /一ロ•サイアン🤖🔬 The Otaku Science VTutor @IchiroScian]

@Mr_Aejis If you need to, take a mental break. Stress and anxiety hits all of us with ADHD like a truck when there’s too much going on around us, overstimulating us, especially when it comes to grieving the loss of a loved pet.

[Ichiro SciAn /一ロ•サイアン🤖🔬 The Otaku Science VTutor @IchiroScian]

Konbannichi wa minna-san!

Join me tonight as we talk about accuracy in measurements!

6 PM EST over on the Purple Site!

Which of these item is the most accurate? Beaker, Grad Cylinder, or Flask?

[Ellie Obscure 🪲🫟 @EllieObscure]

Going to aim for another chem paper read along soon. I’ll probably nail down the details tonight but I’m thinking this Thursday at 8pm tentatively?
Also if you have any suggestions or requests, be them specific or general, I’d love to hear them!
I have one request already hehehe

[Ichiro SciAn /一ロ•サイアン🤖🔬 The Otaku Science VTutor @IchiroScian]

@YomiQuinnley All the time. My brain moves faster than my mouth with ADHD, and it’ll just substitute the closest word that sounds similar or has the same meaning.

[Ichiro SciAn /一ロ•サイアン🤖🔬 The Otaku Science VTutor @IchiroScian]

@vixxykon Yeah. That’s an apt description of a Grignard reagent.

[Ichiro SciAn /一ロ•サイアン🤖🔬 The Otaku Science VTutor @IchiroScian]

Konbannichi wa minna-san!

We're 2 days away from the start of the Fall 2026 anime season!

I can't wait to see these 3:

Reincarnated as a Sword II
Ramparts of Ice S2
Magic Knight Rayearth

What 3 anime are you looking forwards to seeing next season? ;)

Ja, ne
-Ichiro

[Ichiro SciAn /一ロ•サイアン🤖🔬 The Otaku Science VTutor @IchiroScian]

I second this! I might be a tad bit biased about it though. ;)

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[Ichiro SciAn /一ロ•サイアン🤖🔬 The Otaku Science VTutor @IchiroScian]

@vixxykon Students still count! You’re in the thick of it all. :)

[Bedeelia 🛏🪳| StarBrew @BedeeliaVT]

Some VTubers say stuff like
"2 viewers isn't a lot"

Now Imagine 2 bedbugs in your room-

And don't pretend you wouldn't tear apart your entire bedroom, burning the mattress and then starting a new life in another country

2 viewers is a CROWD actually

[Ichiro SciAn /一ロ•サイアン🤖🔬 The Otaku Science VTutor @IchiroScian]

@NicoNicoplasma Stay safe senpai!

[Ichiro SciAn /一ロ•サイアン🤖🔬 The Otaku Science VTutor @IchiroScian]

@Ressniee I’m a quirky, otaku science tutor android who is a science teacher IRL, doing science streams. :)

[Ichiro SciAn /一ロ•サイアン🤖🔬 The Otaku Science VTutor @IchiroScian]

Konbannichi wa minna-san!

I'd better toss my hat into the ring of us science communication VTubers sharing our credentials. ;)

I have two undergraduate degrees:
BS in Molecular Biology
BS in Chemistry

And 11 years as a state-certified 6-12 Chem teacher.

So while I may not be as impressive as some having an advanced graduate degree, science communication lives in my blood! There's no greater joy in knowing I helped spark curiosity and intrigue in understanding the world around us.

I invite you all to check out my most recent streams where I am currently teaching an online class in introductory chemistry for @VTeach_U and organic chemistry later this year.

Have a great day minna-san!

Ja, ne
-Ichiro

[レイニー @Rainee0000]

#SopiArt

[Vixxy 🦊❣️【Scituber/Artist】 @vixxykon]

FREE Vtuber asset: Erlenmeyer flasks!
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Credit not required but appreciated!

First of many science assets hehe
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[Ichiro SciAn /一ロ•サイアン🤖🔬 The Otaku Science VTutor @IchiroScian]

@vixxykon Good ol’ fashioned molecule model would be cool!

[Ichiro SciAn /一ロ•サイアン🤖🔬 The Otaku Science VTutor @IchiroScian]

I look like a dork here…

Mission accomplished! 😂

[Kaos-Mass | VGen Open @KaosMass]

A group portrait comm for @Mr_Aejis
Thanks again!
#VgenCommㅤ #pixelart

[Ichiro SciAn /一ロ•サイアン🤖🔬 The Otaku Science VTutor @IchiroScian]

It's the absence of lone pairs in the sp orbitals on the central chlorine atom.

All of the valence electrons are paired up and shared with all the oxygens. That means its valence shell is completely full, and therefore it is happy to just sit there and do nothing.

Compare that to chlorate with one lone pair, chlorite with two, and hypochlorite with three.

Depending on if you are looking at acidic or neutral/alkaline conditions, either chlorite or hypochlorite are the strongest oxidizers. This follows the trend of increasing numbers of lone pairs on the central chlorine.

Thanks for falling down this chemistry rabbit hole with me! Did ya enjoy it? Let me know below!

Sugoi nagai POST desu ne! o.o;;

Ja, ne!
-Ichiro

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[Ichiro SciAn /一ロ•サイアン🤖🔬 The Otaku Science VTutor @IchiroScian]

Konbannichi wa minna-san!

Let me tell you about the other day when a kid caused me to get nerdsniped thinking about perchlorate compounds. Join me as we go from talking about their reactivity, all the way to rediscovering hypervalence via MO Theory.

Hold on to your butts! Here go!

The first unit that is taught in any secondary ed science course is always applying the scientific method. For us, that means doing science projects. One of my students was brainstorming ideas and I saw one that immediately caught my attention: Detection and Removal of Perchlorate from Martian Soil.

I sat down beside the kid and we started talking about it. He mentioned how it was just an idea he had since he's interested in space travel and Mars. I gave him a few guiding directions on where to start looking: gravimetric analysis (precipitating an insoluble salt) or redox titration (knowing that 7+ oxidation state chlorine exists inside it.)

The student decided on a different topic instead, but I kept thinking about it. I figured redox titration would be the best method of detection only to find out that perchlorate is the LEAST REDOX ACTIVE of the chlorine oxyanion species! Excuse me?! You're telling me that 7+ chlorine isn't dying to rip the electrons clean off the nearest atom, oxidizing it into oblivion?! I had to figure out why!

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[Ichiro SciAn /一ロ•サイアン🤖🔬 The Otaku Science VTutor @IchiroScian]

HYBRID ORBITALS! These structures resemble the sp3 hybrid orbital structure! But wait a second... there are double bonds. That means there has to be pi-bond overlaps. But there are no p-orbitals to overlap on the central chlorine.

Enter the d-orbitals.

d-orbitals can form pi-bond overlaps with the p-orbitals.

We tend to forget that chlorine does have d-orbitals. While the d-orbitals first appear in the third energy level, because the 4s sublevel is slightly lower in energy, we associate d-orbitals with the 4th period elements.

So what does this mean?

It means that the central chlorine of all the chlorine oxyanions is sp3 hybridized, while the oxygens are sp2 hybridized. (Resonance structures) The d-orbitals of chlorine form pi-bond overlaps with the unhybridized p-orbital of the sp2 oxygens.

It is these d-orbitals that stabilize the LDS of the anions.

But, it still doesn't answer why perchlorate is the least redox active!

Actually, it does...

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