Every organic chemist's nightmare - carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen forming literally every compound that keeps you awake at night. These three elements are the troublemakers behind millions of organic compounds, from simple alcohols to complex carbohydrates that refuse to crystallize after six months of synthesis. The fact that these three can arrange themselves in more ways than your lab equipment can malfunction is both fascinating and deeply irritating. Just once I'd like to run a reaction without these three conspiring to create unexpected side products.
It Is Always You Three

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