Chemistry Songs

Chemistry songs.

Well, there is the classic:

Lehrer's Song of the Elements

but it turns out there is a pageful of them

actually, "Sound of Stirring" is kinda catchy.

"Hello test tube my old friend,
I've come to work with you again
Upon a straight alkane I was keeping
I tried to turn it into a diene
But the two reactants
That I used were oh so wrong
Spent all day long
With just the sound... of stirring"

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