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Molecules: You'd better learn to live with them.
October 30, 2008
Category: Poisons
Atropine can: Dilate pupils Speed the heart Inhibit sweat and salivation Serve as an "antidote" to "nerve gas" Sounds like powerful medicine, and it is, indeed. On the other hand, it is named for Atropos, the Greek goddess responsible for...
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October 27, 2008
Category: Perfumey
Geosmin smells of earth:...
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October 21, 2008
Category: Medicine
Hyaluronic acid is a polysaccharide:...
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October 14, 2008
Category: Inorganic
Nitrogen? What's so special about that? You're soaking in it - 78% of air is nitrogen. As anyone who's been to a middle school science demonstration can attest, it gets pretty neat when you cool it down. At 77 K...
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October 9, 2008
Takin' off that TBDMS? TBAF isn't your only choice:...
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October 8, 2008
Category: Synthesis
Stick that TBDMS on Monday and helplessly flailing around, looking for a way to get your alcohol back? Have a little TBAF:...
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October 6, 2008
Category: Synthesis
Just like boc protects amines, TBDMS protects alcohols....
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