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- J. Org. Chem. Is The New Zh. Org. Khim!
They used to say that if you thought you had discovered something new in chemistry, you didn't speak Russian. That is, chances are your "new" discovery was buried somewhere in the Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry, abbreviated Zh. Org. Khim. Well,...
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- Structural Reassignment By Cool Science
Today, Vinogradova, Muller, and Buchwald have an excellent piece of investigative science in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. that I think is great, just great. And honestly, I'm a bit jaded and easily unimpressed (especially when the work isn't directly...
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Electrochemistry
Experiments with Googling
[Disclaimer - I couldn't think of any good images for this blog post, so to liven it up a bit here are a few things you can use: 1) An ASCII game you can play in your browser that is quite fun - pro tip - let it run in the background while you're at work, 2) The even better sequel, 3) A link to this post with Nyan Cat on top. And now on with the science.]
Searching the chemical literature is part of the process of doing bench chemistry, or even thinking about doing bench chemistry. I can't even fathom how much slower my days would be if I needed to go to the library to find a reaction instead of turning to "The Googlefox." These days, we've got all kinds of methods for scouring the chemical literature, Scifinder and Reaxys being two of the best. Of course, there are other useful databases: the ACS has a search feature , SDBS is super useful, and you can even get a good deal of information from Sigma-Aldrich. I'm certain there are plenty more.
And yet... I turn to Google.
- J. Org. Chem. Is The New Zh. Org. Khim!
They used to say that if you thought you had discovered something new in chemistry, you didn't speak Russian. That is, chances are your "new" discovery was buried somewhere in the Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry, abbreviated Zh. Org. Khim. Well,...
- Open Flask Blog Turns 1
On a fateful day last February, Y. Brando, Dane, Will, and Hans were busy sitting around rumor-mongering upon the latest internet gossip (likely started by Hans in the first place). Dane was dwelling over his lack of Reddit karma when they were all interrupted...
- Structural Reassignment By Cool Science
Today, Vinogradova, Muller, and Buchwald have an excellent piece of investigative science in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. that I think is great, just great. And honestly, I'm a bit jaded and easily unimpressed (especially when the work isn't directly...
- Dave Collum Is The Voice Of A Generation
"You never want to solve a problem. Just keep making excellent progress." - Dave Collum Read more »...
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