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" the only universally accepted definition is the #QuasiTautological : " #OrganicCompounds are the subject matter of #OrganicChemistry" " I was always told #OChem is a #BreakerCourse that is understood to weed some people out of their chosen major. Like #Compilers can be for #ComputerScience.

MDMRN Nov 4, 2025

I took down all my spooky molecular model decorations and decided to be a bit seasonal with something else.

I present...tryptophan.

Just in time for Thanksgiving season.

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MDMRN Oct 7, 2025

More Spooky Season décor!

Time to get even spookier. It is tetrachloroethylene (PCE). OOOOOH!

PCE is a chlorinated organic contaminant that, oddly, gets more toxic as it breaks down.

On point with the Halloween theme!

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MDMRN Sep 26, 2025

Spooky Halloween décor for my office.

Not the skull, the pyridine model! The purple ball is meant to be nitrogen.

Pyridine is an organic contaminant often derived from coal tar. Have you smelled that chemical before? Oof, smells like rotten fish.

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ChemistryViews Feb 27, 2025

Regiodivergent Alkylation of Pyridines:
Selectivity controlled by the structural dynamics of alkyllithium clusters
https://www.chemistryviews.org/regiodivergent-alkylation-of-pyridines/

#ochem #pyridines #alkyllithium #chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews

Regiodivergent Alkylation of Pyridines - ChemistryViews

Selectivity controlled by the structural dynamics of alkyllithium clusters

ChemistryViews

MDMRN Dec 4, 2024

So, I have a "World's Smallest Elf on the Shelf" figure at work. This little guy will be moving around my office for the season. Today, I found him hugging a double bond near a carbon atom on my caffeine model. Happy Wednesday! #ElfOnTheShelf #Silly #Santa #Elf #ParentingMemes #ParentingMeme #Photo #Photograh #Christmas #Caffeine #Chemistry #MolecularModel #OrganicChemistry #ChemistryLove #Organic #MolecularModelKit #Chemist #OrganicChemistryMolecularKit #MolecularKit #OChem #Toy #Toys

Bob 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦Nov 1, 2024

https://phys.org/news/2024-10-chemists-broke-year-rewrite-textbooks.html

#chemistry #OChem

Chemists just broke a 100-year-old rule and say it's time to rewrite the textbooks

UCLA chemists have found a big problem with a fundamental rule of organic chemistry that has been around for 100 years—it's just not true. And they say, It's time to rewrite the textbooks.

Phys.org

MDMRN Jul 3, 2024

I have not busted out my molecular model kit in a while, so let's go back to O-Chem with MDMRN.

Here we have a new compound in a ring shape with a purple ball representing a Nitrogen atom. In terms of chemical properties, in it's pure form, this compound is a colorless liquid with a foul, fishy odor.

So - what did I make here? Can you guess the compound?

Let me know your best guess in the comments!

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MDMRN May 15, 2024

Welcome back to another round of organic chemistry with MDMRN.

Once again, I've taken my molecular model kit to craft a new molecule. This one, frankly, I was able to craft using the pieces of the previous ones I presented before. While I didn't say it last time, the green represents a halogen, in this case specifically chlorine.

A hint is that the production of these types of compounds has been banned in numerous countries, including the United States. It was, historically, found in electrical transformers.

Can you guess what type of compound this is? Let me know in the comments!

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MDMRN May 8, 2024

So, we're going back to organic chemistry everyone!

After my first post with my molecular model kit showing an environmental contaminant, I decided to post up another.

This one is a semi-volatile organic environmental contaminant that is commonly found in coal tar, mothballs, and mixed into creosote for rail ties. That distinct "mothball odor" is this compound! Fun fact - a human nose can detect the mothball odor before most standard electronic detectors of organic odors / vapors.

Can you guess the compound? Let me know in the comments!

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