Adamantane (That's like, what, a million diamonds for $400?)
Adamantane is a sort of triple-fused-cyclohexane structure:
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May 14, 2008
May 9, 2008
More on Volatile Buffers
Previously I've mentioned triethylammonium acetate, and ammonium carbonate. These are salts formed by mixtures of volatile stuff - triethylamine, acetic acid, ammonia, and carbon dioxide. Awhile ago I made one I hadn't ever made before.
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May 7, 2008
Triacetin (Always liquid, always semi-edible)
Category: Food
Triacetin is the glycerol triester of acetic acid:
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May 5, 2008
Fmoc (Amino acid condoms)
Category: Synthesis
Automated solid-phase synthesis of biomolecules defines 20th century biology. I previously covered a protecting group that is ubiquitous in DNA synthesis, but the Nobel was actually awarded for peptide chemistry.
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May 1, 2008
Dichloromethane (Now healthier with 50% less chlorine!)
Category: Synthesis
Chlorinated solvents are great solvents. The polarizability of chlorine, moderate electronegativity, moderate volatility, lack of acidic protons or reactivity - it all adds up to a great reaction medium. However, they usually are toxic.
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April 28, 2008
Niacin (Nicotine vitamins?)
Category: Medicine
Niacin is also known as Vitamin B3. Interestingly, it's also called "nicotinic acid," and the similarity of the name to "nicotine" isn't coincidental:
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April 23, 2008
Isotopic food (Why was I not informed?)
Category: Medicine
Is paying $5/liter for Fiji water not cutting it? Trying to come up with a more environmentally abhorrent, gauche hydration accessory? How would you feel about $1,000/liter, along with some iffy health benefits?
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April 20, 2008
Mercury Beating Heart
Category: Inorganic
Oscillating reactions are neat; I should write up one of my favorites sometime... Here, electrons flow from iron metal to mercury (I) sulfate to chromium (VI) oxide. Listen to the video for a step-by step explanation...
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April 18, 2008
Molecules in the news...
Category: Not Really a Molecule
A couple previous molecules of the day were in the news today: polylactide and lead chromate.
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