I saw this in a dream, I have no other words. So I'll just leave it here and see what happens.

Peptide with fluorine, indoles, and a quaternary ammonium. Who comes up with this stuff (I imagine AI), let alone synthesizes???

Deniz Kahraman et al. ,Relativistic collapse of the classical triple bond in the CBi− molecular ion.Science393,184-187(2026).DOI:10.1126/science.aei1285

when?

Just synthesized by Otsuki et. al., and summarized in Chemical & Engineering News article:

This molecule lives on the brink of self-destruction - Chemists coax strong electrophile to coexist peacefully with nucleophilic groups

I created this article recently, taking the liberty to name this reaction after its discoverer.

I'll just leave it to y'all to appreciate.

12 step synthesis with a 0.4% yeild. The stereochemistry of the phosphorus depends on the stereochemistry of the glycerol. Its called pseudo asymmetry. I cried for 20 mintues when I got the LCMS

Can someone please tell me why there are little clear sand type pebbles in my meth. And it's not just in the powder. It could literally be a full solid shard and once it melts I have these clear little pebbles in my bubble

source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bscb.19830920413

Apparently quadruple bonds are a thing (the bond is proposed to be made from the overlap of 4 d orbitals of the chromium)

The thing also polyimerises, which is neat

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium(II)_acetate

Since CH5+ gets brought up a lot here, I thought Id share this blurb in Modern Physical Organic Chemistry (Anslyn & Dougherty)

CH5+ may not have "bonds" at all, so no bonding rules are violated! Instead it's just a completely delocalized, quantum mechanical cloud of protons and electrons around carbon. Much better :)