I love it when you limit your SciFinder search to one discrete synthetic step and find reactions such as this. Yeah, I’m being a bit sarcastic.

Update

OK, in a matter of hours I managed to get their attention on Twitter. As an organic chemist, I find this discussion (below) quite bizarre. How can […]

Someone, who for obvious reasons wishes to remain anonymous, is teaching a lab course in advanced organic chemistry. He or she just received a report from one of the students. Find below a screenshot.

What is your verdict?

Found these pics of your truly while going through an old computer. They date back to 2001, when I was a second year graduate student.

Kids, please don’t try this at home, or in the lab for that sake. It was brainless. Jeez, what was I thinking? No safety goggles — stupid!

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