This pretty yellowish stuff is some highly toxic and hazardous organomercuric reagent what was made in situ from some mercury(II)-acetate and an alkene.
Real, sweet organometallic chemistry(:
This pretty yellowish stuff is some highly toxic and hazardous organomercuric reagent what was made in situ from some mercury(II)-acetate and an alkene.
Real, sweet organometallic chemistry(:
DNA codons to Amino Acids!
Really cool visual, but may be a little to busy for learners.
(via scientificillustration)
Left side: my starting material, a highly substitued pyrrole (also prepared by me), right side: the compound what I have made from it. They look awesome under UV(:
Some crystals formed at the bottom of the breaker. They could be potassium bromide… Or maybe some benzyl-amine-hydrobromide… Who knows?
Structure of the Adenosine A2AReceptor in Complex with ZM241385 and the Xanthines XAC and Caffeine
in honor of all the upcoming caffeine binges/orgo cramming the new semester will bring. good luck, everyone!
Amino Acids In Zwitterionic Form
Amino acids are organic compounds that contain an amine group, a carboxylic acid group, and a side chain (-R group). Depending on the pH of the solution, these different ends and -R groups may be protonated or deprotonated. A neutral amino acid that contains both a positive and a negative charge is called a zwitterion (i.e. when the amino end is protonated to form -NH3+ and the carboxyl group is deprotonated to form −CO2−).
Amino acids are classified by the chemical properties given them by their side chains: non-polar (hydrophobic), polar, acidic, and basic. The primary structure of a protein is the linear sequence of amino acids, and the protein’s secondary structure is determined by interactions between side chains on nearby amino acids.
(via centralscience)
The rotovap. Why I like chemistry. #rotovap #chemistry #organic #lab (Taken with Instagram)
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Scheme 11 from ‘Carbodiimides-Mediated Multi Component Synthesis of Biologically Relevant Structures’ Published in Organic Chemistry Insights
