Tuesday, October 14, 2008

The Periodic Table of Elements

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One of my non-chemist friends recently introduced me to The Periodic Table of Videos . This is a very cool and informative website. I've...
Monday, October 13, 2008

Cisplatin is my friend!

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One of my best friends has just recovered 100% from cancer because Cisplatin rocks. Here's a bit of inorganic chemistry courtesy of Wiki...
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Monday, September 01, 2008

Anhydrous Solvents Part 2: The THF Still - Do's and Don'ts

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The THF still is one of the most common reasons for serious fires at chemistry departments around the world. As solvent purification systems...
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Monday, August 25, 2008

Let's talk about TLCs Part 4 - Ninhydrin Stain

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2008 was the year where I became an amino acid chemist and as a consequence the Ninhydrin Stain has become my new friend. Many of the amin...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

How to make a primary amide - The Ley Way

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Steven Ley's Group really produces some cracking results. This time they have developed a really simple method for preparing primary a...
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Monday, August 18, 2008

Guidelines for giving a truly terrible talk

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I'm giving a presentation in a month's time which reminded me of the stuff below. Unfortunately, I can't remember what web site ...
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Melting point then and now - Kofler Hotbench vs. OptiMelt

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I think that most chemists will agree that doing melting point determinations sucks big time. Especially when you have been putting it off f...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Farewell Australia

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Goodbye and thanks for all the sunshine, chicken parmis, red wine and last but not least all the fish. Blogging will resume again sometime i...
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Japan vs. Germany: 1-0

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Just a minute ago I was looking through the early view papers for Angewandte Chemie and I spotted these two papers virtually back to back. ...
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Sunday, May 25, 2008

Vacuum Control - updated!

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It took 88 cardboard boxes and 1.5 km of packing tape to get my belongings packed up and on its way in a container destined for Denmark. H...
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