#chemiverse — Public Fediverse posts

Very nice collection of (organic) chemistry links and resources from @acsorganic

Pretty amazed that they have an advisory board for this resource, and it seems (at first glance) to be pretty up-to-date.

Kudos!

https://www.organicchemistrydata.org

#Chemistry #Chemiverse

Ok das aktuelle Cover der Nachrichten aus der Chemie war dann doch dermaßen witzig schlecht KI-generiert, dass ich dich mal wieder einen Leserbrief schreiben musste. Je länger man draufguckt, umso schlimmer wird es 😅 DER ROBOTER TRÄGT EINE HOSE #AIslop #KIslop #chemiverse #ki #slop

"How Bell Labs Won Its First Nobel Prize” by Brian Potter.

A great read about the 1925 Davisson and Germer experiment (the canonical “electrons have wave properties” xpt that our chemistry undergrads learn about in physical chemistry class).

Such a long and winding road from inception to realization of what they had discovered. I was unaware of all the details, and found this very enlightening!

#Chemiverse #Chemistry #HistoryOfChemistry

https://www.construction-physics.com/p/how-bell-labs-won-its-first-nobel

Somewhat shameful chemical secret:

I had to balance two redox equations today (using the half-reaction method I teach in genchem) to quantitatively neutralize two solutions:

◼︎ one of sodium metabisulfate
☞ using hypochlorite (bleach + sodium carbonate)

◼︎ the other of potassium iodate
☞ w/ sodium thiosulfate (photographer's hypo)

I can't think of the last time I had a practical use to balance using the half-reaction method. Oh, the joys of chemistry! 🥰🧪

#Chemiverse #Chemistry

I am in the mood for grading! What the heck is wrong with me... and why has it taken 25+ years for me to achieve this state?

Secondly, grading gen-chem lab reports has been eerily spooky. Questions that almost nobody gets right are seeing success rates of 90+%.

Of course, this year's exam average is about half a letter grade lower than last year’s, which was a whole letter grade lower than our historical averages, so goodness only knows what's going on.‡

‡ Spoiler: it's AI.

#Chemiverse

Früher stand MOFs noch für „Menschen ohne Freunde“ #chemie #chemiverse #nobelpreis #ChemieNobelpreis

Really compelling preprint on degradable, chemically recyclable poly(orthoester)s. I hope this lands somewhere good and gets the attention it deserves. Full disclosure: Brooks is a close friend. #chemistry #chemiverse #polymers #plastics #recycling #preprint #chemrxiv https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/689fcee7728bf9025eaa347e

I'm working on an updated LibGuide for chemistry at my university. We're a public, PUI (primarily undergraduate institution) in the state of Ohio (USA).

I’ve drafted a guide here: https://gist.github.com/QuantumDot2/abe4f68de4c9939b8bb99145948cc3af and am curious whether anyone sees any glaring missing resources, or can recommend any additions?

We can't afford any nice databases (SciFinder, Reaxys, etc.). We do have CRC handbook e-access plus ChemDraw, as well as the state's OhioLINK library consortium.

Thanks!

#Chemistry #Chemiverse

Chemistry folks: any thoughts on the best non-programmable calculator for Gen Chem classes (I'm in the USA)?

We currently use the TI-30XIIS, but thinking about something more "modern" with better math typesetting.

Also intrigued by the 36X which can solve quadratic equations.

Are there better options than TI?

https://education.ti.com/en/product-resources/scientific-course-comparison

Appreciate any insights!

#Chemistry #Chemiverse

We were going through tanks too quickly in the lab, so I made a sign. feel free to use as you wish #lab #lablife #chemistry #chemiverse #smokeythebear #reminders #gas #research

200 years ago (June 16, 1825), Michael Faraday's paper announcing the discovery of benzene (bicarburet of hydrogen) was published.

Because most chemists were using an incorrect atomic mass for carbon, it was assigned the chemical formula of C₆H₃, or (C₂H)₃, hence “bicarburet”) instead of C₆H₆.

Faraday isolated it by repeated distillations from a sample of “oil gas.” His original vial is still on display at the Royal Institution. #Chemistry #Chemiverse

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstl.1825.0022

If you are in the EU and you are pissed about them making stupid decisions like making >15% sulfuric acid illegal to possess without a permit and a "legitimate purpose", please take the time to fill out this consultation. Without strong pushback there is a real risk that doing chemistry will become even more difficult and legally risky when they expand the list of restricted substances. #chemistry #eu #chemiverse #EC #europeancomission
https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/whats-new/public-consultations/marketing-and-use-explosives-precursors-updated-rules_en

If you are in the EU and you are pissed about them making stupid decisions like making >15% sulfuric acid illegal to possess without a permit and a "legitimate purpose", please take the time to fill out this consultation. Without strong pushback there is a real risk that doing chemistry will become even more difficult and legally risky when they expand the list of restricted substances. #chemistry #eu #chemiverse #EC #europeancomission
https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/whats-new/public-consultations/marketing-and-use-explosives-precursors-updated-rules_en

If you are in the EU and you are pissed about them making stupid decisions like making >15% sulfuric acid illegal to possess without a permit and a "legitimate purpose", please take the time to fill out this consultation. Without strong pushback there is a real risk that doing chemistry will become even more difficult and legally risky when they expand the list of restricted substances. #chemistry #eu #chemiverse #EC #europeancomission
https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/whats-new/public-consultations/marketing-and-use-explosives-precursors-updated-rules_en

If you are in the EU and you are pissed about them making stupid decisions like making >15% sulfuric acid illegal to possess without a permit and a "legitimate purpose", please take the time to fill out this consultation. Without strong pushback there is a real risk that doing chemistry will become even more difficult and legally risky when they expand the list of restricted substances. #chemistry #eu #chemiverse #EC #europeancomission
https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/whats-new/public-consultations/marketing-and-use-explosives-precursors-updated-rules_en

If you are in the EU and you are pissed about them making stupid decisions like making >15% sulfuric acid illegal to possess without a permit and a "legitimate purpose", please take the time to fill out this consultation. Without strong pushback there is a real risk that doing chemistry will become even more difficult and legally risky when they expand the list of restricted substances. #chemistry #eu #chemiverse #EC #europeancomission
https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/whats-new/public-consultations/marketing-and-use-explosives-precursors-updated-rules_en

Less than 10% of plastics are produced using recycled materials

An analysis of the global plastics industry shows that only 9.5% of plastic was made from recycled materials in 2022. Almost a third of plastic waste produced during that year was allocated for recycling, but only half was actually recycled.

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/less-than-10-of-plastics-are-produced-using-recycled-materials/4021407.article

#ChemiVerse #ChemToots #Chemistry #StopPlasticPollution

Some interesting background theory in Grobb's gas chromatography book! I’d heard bits of this story before about whisky and "water of life," but never quite put it together. 🥃
#Chemistry #Chemiverse

Heard on Reddit this morning:

“What happens to bad spectroscopists?”
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“They go to prism.”
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"It’s a light sentence.”

#Chemistry #Chemiverse
2/2

Green light for UK carbon capture projects – but will they deliver?

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/green-light-for-uk-carbon-capture-projects-but-will-they-deliver/4021084.article

#CarbonCapture #Hype #ChemiVerse #ChemToots

🩸Blood Types and Carbohydrate Chemistry
Learn how simple carbohydrates lead to the AB0 blood types
https://doi.org/10.1002/chemv.201500099

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #chemicaleducation

PFAS in fertilisers blamed for killing livestock in Texas and wreaking havoc

Synagro fertiliser made from biosolids (municipal wastewater-treated sewage sludge from the city of Fort Worth, Texas) has been blamed, as these kind of fertilisers have been known to contain PFAS-contaminated biosolids.

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/pfas-in-fertilisers-blamed-for-killing-livestock-in-texas-and-wreaking-havoc/4020874.article
#Pollution #PFAS #ForeverChemicals #Chemistry #ChemToots #ChemiVerse

Two "It's 100% natural, so 100% safe!" liars visit the 'Alnwick Garden' in England, better known as 'The Poison garden'.

After enjoying a sandwich and a nice cup of tea in the Strychnine restaurant they went home, full of new ideas to bring their own 100% natural anti-tick/flea product to the market.

#Ticks #Fleas #Dogs #dogsofmastodon #Chemistry #Chemiverse #Medication #100% #Natural

Two "It's 100% natural, so 100% safe!" liars visit the 'Alnwick Garden' in England, better known as 'The Poison garden'.

After enjoying a sandwich and a nice cup of tea in the Strychnine restaurant they went home, full of new ideas to bring their own 100% natural anti-tick/flea product to the market.

#Ticks #Fleas #Dogs #dogsofmastodon #Chemistry #Chemiverse #Medication #100% #Natural

Two "It's 100% natural, so 100% safe!" liars visit the 'Alnwick Garden' in England, better known as 'The Poison garden'.

After enjoying a sandwich and a nice cup of tea in the Strychnine restaurant they went home, full of new ideas to bring their own 100% natural anti-tick/flea product to the market.

#Ticks #Fleas #Dogs #dogsofmastodon #Chemistry #Chemiverse #Medication #100% #Natural

Two "It's 100% natural, so 100% safe!" liars visit the 'Alnwick Garden' in England, better known as 'The Poison garden'.

After enjoying a sandwich and a nice cup of tea in the Strychnine restaurant they went home, full of new ideas to bring their own 100% natural anti-tick/flea product to the market.

#Ticks #Fleas #Dogs #dogsofmastodon #Chemistry #Chemiverse #Medication #100% #Natural

Two "It's 100% natural, so 100% safe!" liars visit the 'Alnwick Garden' in England, better known as 'The Poison garden'.

After enjoying a sandwich and a nice cup of tea in the Strychnine restaurant they went home, full of new ideas to bring their own 100% natural anti-tick/flea product to the market.

#Ticks #Fleas #Dogs #dogsofmastodon #Chemistry #Chemiverse #Medication #100% #Natural

I cannot explain quite how comforting it is to hear the nitrogen boiling from the traps in the Schlenk line while I watch boiling solvent being stripped from a reaction. Just feels like all is right with the world for a moment when endothermic and exothermic processes occur just as they should. In related news, made sooooo much catalyst today. #lablife #chemistry #chemiverse #pui #proflife

Alice Ball: First Injectable Leprosy Treatment
The first woman and African American to earn a master’s degree in chemistry from the University of Hawaii, USA

https://www.chemistryviews.org/alice-ball-first-injectable-leprosy-treatment/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #historicchemist #chemistryhistory #WomenInChemistry

Aryliminopyrazoles are a novel class of imine-based photoswitches reported by https://bsky.app/profile/jakeylg.bsky.social and co-workers at The Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg.

These species were detailed in a #ChemSci Pick of the Week earlier this year!

https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC05841G

#Chemiverse #Chemistry

A bioinspired CO₂ capture method using dipeptides, complemented by a novel computational workflow & binding site analysis

Check out this article https://www.chemistryviews.org/bioinspired-co2-capture-exploring-dipeptides-for-efficient-carbon-sequestration/

#ClimateScience #CO2Capture #chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse

Magnetized Droplet Chains in Liquid Crystals

Varun Chandrasekhar, Jian Ren Lu, Ingo Dierking, University of Manchester, explore how ferrofluids, when dispersed in liquid crystals, form unique droplet chains with magnetic functionality

https://www.chemistryviews.org/magnetized-drolet-chains-in-liquid-crystals/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #behindthescience #researcher #researcherinterview #ferrofluid #liquidcrystal #magnetized

Magnetized Droplet Chains in Liquid Crystals

Varun Chandrasekhar, Jian Ren Lu, Ingo Dierking, University of Manchester, explore how ferrofluids, when dispersed in liquid crystals, form unique droplet chains with magnetic functionality

https://www.chemistryviews.org/magnetized-drolet-chains-in-liquid-crystals/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #behindthescience #researcher #researcherinterview #ferrofluid #liquidcrystal #magnetized

Magnetized Droplet Chains in Liquid Crystals

Varun Chandrasekhar, Jian Ren Lu, Ingo Dierking, University of Manchester, explore how ferrofluids, when dispersed in liquid crystals, form unique droplet chains with magnetic functionality

https://www.chemistryviews.org/magnetized-drolet-chains-in-liquid-crystals/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #behindthescience #researcher #researcherinterview #ferrofluid #liquidcrystal #magnetized

Magnetized Droplet Chains in Liquid Crystals

Varun Chandrasekhar, Jian Ren Lu, Ingo Dierking, University of Manchester, explore how ferrofluids, when dispersed in liquid crystals, form unique droplet chains with magnetic functionality

https://www.chemistryviews.org/magnetized-drolet-chains-in-liquid-crystals/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #behindthescience #researcher #researcherinterview #ferrofluid #liquidcrystal #magnetized

Magnetized Droplet Chains in Liquid Crystals

Varun Chandrasekhar, Jian Ren Lu, Ingo Dierking, University of Manchester, explore how ferrofluids, when dispersed in liquid crystals, form unique droplet chains with magnetic functionality

https://www.chemistryviews.org/magnetized-drolet-chains-in-liquid-crystals/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #behindthescience #researcher #researcherinterview #ferrofluid #liquidcrystal #magnetized

David Leigh discusses his research 🧪, the link between magic and science ✨, chemistry communication in an age of misinformation 📢, his personal journey 🌍, inspiring teachers, and his desire to learn more languages

Watch Video:
https://www.chemistryviews.org/making_science_fun_also_for_the_general_public/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #researcher #davidleigh #researchervideo #gdch #gdch_aktuell #molecularmachines #UniversityofManchester

#solubility question for all the #chemists out here in the #chemiverse. do you distinguish between slightly and sparingly in terms of solubility? in either case, at what weight percent would you use these descriptors? at what weight percent would you consider something insoluble? for example, at 20 °C, benzoic acid is determined to have a solubility of 0.29 g/L #askfedi

Behind the Science interview with Kevin Bernot and Yann Sarrazin (INSA Rennes, Université de Rennes, France) on a mew chapter in magnetism

https://www.chemistryviews.org/a-new-chapter-in-maghnetism/

#chemistry +chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #research #behindthescience #researcherinterview #chemistryeurope

New spectroscopy method maps out water’s hydrogen-bonded network
By Tim Wogan
31 October 2024

Technique can be used to study other liquids and amorphous materials

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/new-spectroscopy-method-maps-out-waters-hydrogen-bonded-network/4020437.article

#ChemiVerse #ChemToots #Spectroscopy

Popular last week: Convergent Path to Bicyclic Boronates
Work by Peter H. Seeberger, John J. Molloy, and colleagues

The ChemistryViews news avatar gives an introduction

https://www.chemistryviews.org/path-to-bicyclic-boronates/

#chmistry #chemistryviews #chemviesws #chemiverse #research #researchvideo #boronates #organicchemistry

Let's see if I can find Robert Boyle’s original "Boyle's law” data. RSC has full-text searching back to 1665. Cool!

Ye gads... what the heck was this guy up to? "Observables upon a monstrous head” 😳

https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1665.0037

#Chemistry #Chemiverse #Boyle

Sustainable Aqueous Calcium-Ion Battery

Raphael Streng and colleagues from TUM have studied the effects of the cation choice on the stability of electrode materials in aqueous batteries

https://www.chemistryviews.org/sustainable-aqueous-calcium-ion-battery/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #research #battery #batteryresearch

❓Weekly Research News Challenge❓
🌍🧪 This week’s quiz focuses on:
• CO2 capture
• free 3D printed reactions vessels
• a new method for cleaving alkenes!

https://www.chemistryviews.org/weekly-research-news-challenge-co2-capture-3d-printed-reactions-vessels-alkene-cleaving/

#chemustry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #research #chemistryquiz

Understanding Polymerization in Extraterrestrial Ices

How can complex organic molecules like paraldehyde be synthesized in extraterrestrial ices?

https://www.chemistryviews.org/understanding-olymerization-in-extraterrestrical-ices/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #research #behindthescience #extraterrestrial #physicalchemistry

New Cationic Antimicrobial Octapeptides

Tryptophan-containing members of an alternative class of antibiotics show broad-spectrum activities

https://www.chemistryviews.org/new-cationic-antimicrobial-octapeptides/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #research #medicinalchemisistry #antimicrobial

Enhancing Infrared Photodetectors with 2D Supramolecular Organic Frameworks

Researchers developed a composite optoelectronic device using 2D Supramolecular Organic Frameworks (SOFs) and lead salts, achieving high detectivity and stability

https://www.chemistryviews.org/enhancing-infrared-photodetectors-with-2d-supramolecular-organic-frameworks/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #aggregate #materials #organicframeworks #optoelectronic

🎥Torsten John about his research, new role as Assistant Professor, experiences from international research stays, and involvement in young chemists's groups

https://www.chemistryviews.org/building-on-a-broad-global-professional-network/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #researchervideo #eycn #iycn #gdch #jcf

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024:

David Baker, USA, is honored for his work in computational protein design,

the other half is shared by Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper, both UK, for their contributions to protein structure prediction

https://www.chemistryviews.org/nobel-prize-in-chemistry-2024/

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #nobelprize2024 #2024nobelprize #chemistrynobelprize #nobelprizeinchemistry #proteinfolding #biochemistry #ai

Popular🧪✨: Figure-Eight Twisting of Planar Aromatic Compounds

Research by Norihito Fukui, Nagoya University, Japan, and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi, along with colleagues

🎥Watch 1-minute video 👇
https://www.chemistryviews.org/figure-eight-twisting-of-planar-aromatic-compounds/

#chemistry #chemitryviews #chemviews #chemiverse #research #researchvideo #