The eternal struggle of organic chemistry lab students everywhere! On the left, we have a meticulously crafted Grignard reagent (phenylmagnesium bromide) that took three painful hours of careful prep, anhydrous conditions, and probably several failed attempts. On the right? Just a tiny water molecule ready to completely destroy your hard work in milliseconds. The tiniest drop of moisture will protonate that Grignard and render it completely useless. Chemistry students know the special kind of heartbreak when your reaction fails because you forgot to dry that one flask properly. Pain in molecular form!
The Great Chemical Betrayal
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