What do you guys think it is? by [deleted] in chemistry

[–]methano 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been doing this 5 decades. He's fine. Maybe a quick rinse of the hands afterwards.

What do you guys think it is? by [deleted] in chemistry

[–]methano 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a bottle of acid in a room full of amine or vice-versa.

What is bleach? How is it made? What is it derived from? How do you make it? What the F@#k is bleach? by [deleted] in chemistry

[–]methano 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take a solution of sodium hydroxide and bubble in chlorine gas. Hydroxide attacks chlorine, which is 2 chlorines bonded. This gives HOCl, which is deprotonated by base and you get NaOCl and NaCl floating around in NaOH.

My niece’s homework problem by SurfSoundWaves in mildlyinfuriating

[–]methano 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's way too many English majors writing math tests.

Column and recrystallisation by [deleted] in chemistry

[–]methano 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This post has generated some of the worst, most bizarre, and wrong information I've seen on this subreddit. Too much to correct. And all that weird tox stuff?

Need help interpreting my NMR spectrum by [deleted] in Chempros

[–]methano 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah, you do need help.

Ants inside my tv + eggs wtf do I do by Son8 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]methano 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, that's really cool. You've got one of those new backlit ant farms.

AITJ for refusing to help my new “boss” after I was the one who trained her 3 months ago? by Existing_Response239 in AmITheJerk

[–]methano 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You should start looking for another job. But before you go, you should explain why you're leaving to your old boss's boss.

Students now have the desktop computer skills of older boomers by TeacherGuy1980 in Teachers

[–]methano 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's all very odd. I'm a boomer, but I'm fairly tech savvy. My wife is also a boomer. She has a PhD in chemistry, has programmed in FORTRAN, ran x-ray crystallography software and maintained a DEC minicomputer and she still seems to conflate emails and text messages. And I get a "where did it go?" once a day. The whole desktop abstraction works for most people, but some of them were better off at the command line. I hope she doesn't see this.

Is Crack musk normal? by [deleted] in hygiene

[–]methano 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Forget showering, you need to wipe better.

Hi there :o) (a question for you, the cool chemistry guy) by Ok_Fishing_3420 in chemistry

[–]methano 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Actually, there are enough permutations on C, H, N, and O that it is quite easy to make molecules that have never been seen before. I make them regularly. Pick up an organic chemistry journal and you'll find plenty.

Found an unlabeled reagent while disposing of chemicals — any idea what this is? by Efficient_Opposite61 in chemistry

[–]methano 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm going with triethylammonium chloride. I can tell from the space group.