I recently presented a group meeting on Hallucinogens and Phil wanted me to do a little write-up to promote it.  As a brief overview, I cove...

Although I have long believed balloons to be mostly ineffective (in a laboratory setting), sometimes I use them for the placebo effect. In f...

Here's some thoughts: 1. I categorize all reaction yields qualitatively.   What does this mean? Generally speaking, I don...

By now, we've all seen Amos Smith's editorial  on data integrity in Organic Letters.

Deep beneath the sash BBr 3 oozes forth. WTF, Sure/Seal™?

I guess this short blog entry could also be called "The Portable Chemist's Consultant Part 3" (see Part 2 here ). First off...

Disappointment, frustration, excitement, setbacks, thrill, and success. It has been a roller-coaster ride, but finally the rewar...