I would be remiss in not mentioning that yesterday marked the 5-year anniversary of the fire that ultimately killed Sheharbano (Sheri) Sangji while she was transferring t-butyllithium in the laboratory of Professor Patrick Harran at UCLA.
Stay safe in the lab, folks.
Thanks for this. As a biochemist I can see that organic chemistry synthesis is a totally different animal that you have to be trained to handle. It makes me realize that I am NOT qualified to teach organic chem lab unless I receive some kind of training somewhere.
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