BREAKING: the 2024 Noble Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to E. F. Tom for the synthesis of a cubane using chemicals from a hardware store. In a shed. This is a huge win for brown chemistry, which will now replace green chemistry as the best way to pad grant applications.
@Ringenberg Sad to seeyou leave academia. Was looking forward to hearing more about cool mixed-valent chemistry from you. All the best in industry though!
@Ringenberg Was it custom made by the glassblower? Never seen one with the collection flask to the side. Really nice design though! Good luck of course with the synthesis.
@SteMartiniani Chemistry PhD not computer science
"Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law."
-- Douglas Hofstadter in his book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (1979)
@Rhodanide IDK. A quick reaxys search gave me the same impression. But maybe this paper helps.
https://t.co/iOUeAG70kH
Ctrl+F "peroxide" pointed me to it. Let me know if it helped. We can always chat on Ex&F's discord^^
@ChemistCraig Pdcl2 in MeCN. 2.2 eq of PPh3 boil again and let it cool down and filtrate it. Don't bother with purification. Every component in therebasically aids catalysis or prevents the formation of Pd black
@BRBchemistry@RealTimeChem@bsnyderchem Use an water-jet aspirator as an A/C. Drive it with pressurized air and suck in LN2. Makes the best cool clouds..... Until it starts spewing little droplets of LN2 but they're no harm.