Not Voodoo

Demystifying Synthetic Organic Chemistry

[Not Voodoo @Not_Voodoo]

Today's featured Rookie Mistakes shows the ways people spill stuff in the lab- not only liquids and powder but also odd clouds of gas https://t.co/WyUkjFwHFp

[Not Voodoo @Not_Voodoo]

When you mix up your tubes, or your flasks, or your reagent bottles. A mistake not just for rookies.
Just added new examples
https://t.co/WyUkjFw9PR
And here's the whole list
https://t.co/FUlVP6yV22

[Robert Huigens @HuigensRob]

PI experiment of the day…pull broken adapter stuck in perfectly good $200-plus column out of broken glassware box…use the lost art of intense continuous tapping to dislodge the broken glassware from the column…give a victory “yes!!” Then share ninja lab secret with trainees…

[Not Voodoo @Not_Voodoo]

And we thought running a TLC was easy.
https://t.co/0KcVeyaV8K

[Scott Bagley @BagPhos]

I think we need to make a @Not_Voodoo for driving

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@Josh_S_Moon 💀

[Not Voodoo @Not_Voodoo]

Speaking of rotovaps, they're not so easy to operate.
22 different Rookie Mistakes show up if you search for "rotovap" at this link:
https://t.co/F5hVKuFLDo

[Not Voodoo @Not_Voodoo]

Hodgins made tequila once using a rotovap.

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@akabconsulting 🙌

[Not Voodoo @Not_Voodoo]

Hodgins made tequila once using a rotovap.

[Not Voodoo @Not_Voodoo]

@KUhokie42 😂

[Not Voodoo @Not_Voodoo]

The newest examples!

[Not Voodoo @Not_Voodoo]

@Fab_Dumoulin of course please do.
you can also pull up a list by keyword if you want here:
https://t.co/F5hVKuFdNQ

[Not Voodoo @Not_Voodoo]

Cleaning up in the lab. Can be counterproductive.
https://t.co/FP8WPR66i3

[Not Voodoo @Not_Voodoo]

@KUhokie42 @BagPhos Fair enough. And I admit- sometimes I (ahem) _rephrase_ submissions. But that one.. just posted it verbatim 😂

[Not Voodoo @Not_Voodoo]

I should probably shift that one to Just…Wow
https://t.co/mEXTMp60C7

[Flocky @FlockySquee]

@Not_Voodoo Why, in the name of all that is holy, would you wash nmr tube lids with DCM??

[Not Voodoo @Not_Voodoo]

@JenLoveChem 100% funding for Not Voodoo from @nsf. For years and years, ever since a CAREER award in 2003. @rcsa1 #CottrellScholar program gave it a miss 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Not Voodoo @Not_Voodoo]

Adding new mistakes every day for a little while. I had a backlog😐
https://t.co/WyUkjFw9PR

[Not Voodoo @Not_Voodoo]

How to: chromatography using a pipette
https://t.co/qW9hR86pv9
guide sent in by @valentin_geiger

[Not Voodoo @Not_Voodoo]

As of today, find the newest Rookie Mistakes here:
https://t.co/WyUkjFwHFp