Tom Simons

father, chemist, lover of knowledge and the outdoors – chemistry grad student ⌬ he/him

[Tom Simons @tsimonsii]

TLC Solvents:

Dislike: DCM:Methanol
Overrated: anything with Acetic Acid
Underrated: Hexanes:DCM:EtOAc
Like: Hexanes:Acetone
Trust: Hexanes:EtOAc

[Scott Bagley @BagPhos]

Medchem heterocycles:

Dislike: oxetane (closely followed by oxazole)
Overrated: BCP (yes I know it’s not a heterocycle)
Underrated: THF
Like: Pyrazole
Trust: Piperidine

[Tom Simons @tsimonsii]

@existentialcoms I just report all his tweets as uninteresting and tell it to stop showing them to me

[J. Am. Chem. Soc. @J_A_C_S]

Directed Photochemically Mediated Nickel-Catalyzed (Hetero)arylation of Aliphatic C–H Bonds @DukeChemistry @DukeU @roizengroup @TotalSyntheses #Ni #Catalysis #Heteroarylation #Aliphatic #CHFunctionalization https://t.co/Nm9jmzcJ6f

[Tom Simons @tsimonsii]

@emg_g96 Portrait mode is better than what Renae used 😂 you’ll be fine!

[Tom Simons @tsimonsii]

@lornscoot This is how I learned both these important news items. Imagine how I feel

[Tom Simons @tsimonsii]

A self-funded resurrection of Club Penguin

[Elisa Granato @Prokaryota]

Where is science twitter going to end up if we all jump ship one day? Wrong answers only.

[Tom Simons @tsimonsii]

@JunQiLab @Chemjobber

[Frederik Pleitgen @fpleitgenCNN]

The Ukrainian interior minister took us to Chernobyl yesterday. The first time since the Russians occupied the place. We found evidence of mistreatment of Ukrainians and that the Russians got radiated. 🧵1/8

[BBC Scotland News @BBCScotlandNews]

A Nobel Prize-winning scientist has revealed he is using his prize money to support young Scots at university. https://t.co/xLn0t4g0WM

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

R.I.P. Antonov An-225 Mriya.
Thank you for your service.

[Tom Simons @tsimonsii]

@ndchiappini Hey now, you’re a shrek flask; keep that air out, all day!

[Lab Leaks @lab_leaks]

good news for science! 🎉🥳🍾

[William D. Lopez @lopez_wd]

No one:
Me: 2022 Oscar Outfits as Public Health Graphs

[⌬ anna davis! ⌬ @radscientist_]

@jesscbeard Nickel

[Tom Simons @tsimonsii]

@apgustafson The illusive (and maybe cursed?) butter on cracker.. tell me how it ends.

[Tom Simons @tsimonsii]

@fiona_chembot Molybdenum – best name, best tweets

[Reuters @Reuters]

To commemorate children killed in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, Lviv city hall placed 109 strollers in neat rows - one for each child killed, according to Ukrainian authorities https://t.co/PZ2fVwfUzd

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

JUST IN: Marjorie Taylor Greene just went on the House floor to attack COVID vaccines by claiming she has “never seen the CDC” recommend a 2nd and 3rd shot for polio. Actually, the CDC recommends FOUR doses of the polio vaccine — at 2 months, 4 months, 6-18 months, and 4-6 years.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has accused Russia of carrying out a genocide.

"The air bomb on the maternity hospital is the final proof. Proof that the genocide of Ukrainians is taking place," he said in a speech. https://t.co/hf178n0jJd

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

“UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres should feel empowered to forge a global coalition to enforce a no-fly zone, through a robust peacekeeping operation, enabling a ceasefire & enacting the responsibility to protect,” writes Ambassador O’Donnell. https://t.co/N92r2lkgNu