The Forbidden Bow Tie

The Forbidden Bow Tie
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Chemistry nerds unite! This gem shows how organic chemists see the world differently. The spiro compounds (where two rings share just one carbon atom) get progressively simpler - from the fancy double-diamond of spiroheptane to the classic bow tie shape of spiropentane, down to the sad little line of spiropropane. It's basically molecule fashion going from "black tie event" to "I just woke up like this." The bow tie in the middle is what makes this hilarious - organic chemists have turned mundane objects into molecular structures in their heads!

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