Sam Levine

Professional chemist. Amateur baker. Bike commuter.

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2026-06-11 01:16:26 UTC

Just found out I wasted 3 weeks of work, a significant amount of solvent and other reagents because the commercial starting material is not what the bottle says it is to add insult to injury what is in the bottle isn't even clean, there is at least one other thing in there.
Hilariously (not really) the only reason I determined this was because I'm making something from the literature and none of my spectra were matching close enough. Went back to the start to check and remade the first step, it produced the same wrong thing. Tried some other conditions, same deal. Finally took an NMR of the starting material today.
#ChemiVerse #Chemistry

2026-04-22 13:17:09 UTC

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@nprofile…35kv Is P5 last thing in the day or right before lunch? I'm not sure how you'd fix the issue in your class, but there is a definite issue with attention span & "caring" (for lack of a better word) at those times.