Kowalski, Analysis Of This Trans-1,2-Ethylenedicarboxylic Acid, Pronto!

Kowalski, Analysis Of This Trans-1,2-Ethylenedicarboxylic Acid, Pronto!
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This chemistry student is making a pun about molecular isomerism while simultaneously acknowledging their lab safety record is... questionable. In organic chemistry, cis-trans isomerism refers to how groups are arranged around a double bond - cis means same side, trans means opposite sides. The joke brilliantly parallels gender transitioning with chemical isomerization, while the self-aware "something is about to be on fire" comment speaks to the chaotic energy of undergraduate lab experiments. That beaker probably contains something far less ambitious than their proposed project, but far more flammable than their professor would prefer.

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