Wednesday, June 20, 2018

What's Wrong with This Picture?: sodium azide edition

I think you got it wrong, guys. 
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  1. AnonymousJune 20, 2018 at 10:44 AM

    Interestingly, the "cyclic" form of azide was commonly accepted in the early 1900's and even appeared in textbooks (e.g. in Gilman's Organic Chemistry: An Advanced Treatise,1948). They also drew a similar cyclic structure for diazomethane!

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    1. ChemjobberJune 20, 2018 at 6:44 PM

      Anon1044 adds a photo: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3KgQxYqrrTodlNGNDFOWC0wcXFPRGkzb1BRWWZmZDRMQlpJ

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    2. KTJune 21, 2018 at 10:23 AM

      I wonder if someone at that company was using an ancient textbook as a reference. One thing I like about chemistry is that the standard of proof is high enough that you can generally rely on old books, while you might as well throw a 15-year-old medical textbook in the trash can.

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  2. oldnukeJune 20, 2018 at 6:00 PM

    I wonder what he looks for in a postdoc.

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  3. AnonymousJune 20, 2018 at 8:54 PM

    ten fingers and a pair of eyes?

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looks like Blogger doesn't work with anonymous comments from Chrome browsers at the moment - works in Microsoft Edge, or from Chrome with a Blogger account - sorry! CJ 3/21/20

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