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billthechemist.bsky.social
Temple PhD ‘24 | McGill ‘15 | aspiring cat owner | Monica Culpepper’s #1 fan | organic chem and occasionally fitness
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“Excuse me sir has anyone ever told you that you look just like Sidney Crosby?”

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Kind of want to get active on social media again but rebrand as a buff scientist or something

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

I’ve already read 6 books in 2025! Feels so nice to have more free time for reading!

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Biomimetic cation rearrangements from @dirktrauner.bsky.social and his phenomenal student Jordan! Love seeing computations aiding synthetic strategies! A really great story and impressive chemistry! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.

submitted 91 days ago • 539 comments

My cousin casually mentioning she’s about to do undergrad research in total synthesis 🫢

submitted 92 days ago • 4 comments

So in one of my papers I demonstrated this same sequential Grignard/Diels-Alder transformation. Nice to see this chemistry more thoroughly explored here! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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And if I could talk to my 16 year old self I would tell him it gets better. (I parallel parked on the busiest street in my hometown without crying)

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RIP Suze. 2007-2024

submitted 101 days ago • 1 comment

If you like total synthesis and Wordle, check out Synthordle, a retrosynthetic analysis game created by Shenvi Lab associates Kevin Zong (GS 2) and Jonah Luo (HS sophomore!). shenvilab.github.io/Synthordle/ Easy problems for Sophomore OChem, hard problems for advanced practitioners.

submitted 102 days ago • 9 comments

Do not confuse...

submitted 104 days ago • 4 comments

Hi everyone! I figure I should make my thread about “how the heck did I learn echem” so buckle up and hold onto your electrasyn!

submitted 104 days ago • 1 comment

I guess #chemsky is here now? Stay tuned for an unboxing video!

submitted 112 days ago • 1 comment

Organic chemists be like “I know a spot” and it’s a messy TLC they are convinced they can separate without a prep plate… or it’s Bluesky! (First post here the same as my first ever tweet)

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