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My #overlyhonestmethods story
Single crystals suitable for X-ray crystallographic analysis were obtained when a solution of the salt in EtOAc/nC6H14/MeCN was allowed to stand at 20 °C for about 1 d. That sentence appears in the X-ray characterization section of only the second … Continue reading
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Tagged #overlyhonestmethods, chemistry, grad school, lab work, nmr spectroscopy, twitter, x-ray crystallography
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Awed by the rings
Whether it’s actually true or not, most of us can’t help being charmed by the snake-biting-its-own-tail story of how Kekule figured out the structure of benzene (as well as the associated Ouroboros symbolism). And I’d be willing to bet that … Continue reading
