Today in Lab Chat:

Is water an alcohol?

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Ouch... This is a brand from Nestle, btw.
(A post coming soon.)

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But doctor, I’m the only computational chemist. #compchemsky #chemchat

In a couple of hours U2 will release a new song to launch their 50th anniversary. For 43 of those years I have been a fan - longer than I've been a fan of chem🙃. ChemScrapes is where these worlds sometimes collide, so I'm unashamedly resharing some of my geekiest ever moments. #chemchat #u2

amusing to see chemistry lab equipment used in this "mechanized choreography" performance: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/a...

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My Department of Chemistry Justice has ruled that I can exclude the wrong enantiomer from my reaction flask as it is a threat to the purity profile of the product
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The 2027 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 180 tenure-track positions and 16 teaching-only positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky #chemchat ⚗️🧪

Spotted on a door in Leigh Hall. Thanks to my UF Department of Chemistry colleagues for their support in the #ACSElection! The ballot is open now. Don’t forget to fish the email out of your inbox and use your link to vote. #chemsky #chemchat

"Thank you for your email.

We are unable to open two of the attachments you sent. Please could you send them in a different format so our Quality Team can have a look at the results."

Pdf, I send you a pdf!

It took them to 2 months not open a pdf.

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Mechanism of bromination of cyclohexene back in the 60s....you know...before safety and all that banned smoking in the lab.

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Maxwell's demon?

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A long 16-hours working day is over and I have a beautiful mug at the end.

Ah, ànd few nice shiny crystal structures too!

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More classic Chem albums #chemsky #chemchat

So, #chemchat …..Monday was a pretty decent day here. I hope it goes nicely for for everyone spinning this way

Rule #1 of crystallography: the first crystal is always the best crystal 😭 😂back to first crystal now…

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We have that much of the impurity of citric acid in the sample.
Guess, a particle of which phase we selected first for ED?

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Classic Chemistry Rock Bands

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What chemistry papers or texts do you think are most important historically? I've been posting for about a year. Let me know, and if I haven't yet posted it, I may add it to my spreadsheet for future posting. #ChemSky #Chemchat 🧪