The Organic Chemist's Journey To Despair

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The Organic Chemist's Journey To Despair

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The organic chemistry student's journey in six painful panels! You start with such hope - all that fancy glassware, pristine reagents, and carefully written synthesis plans. Then reality strikes! Hours of meticulous work only to discover your beautiful reaction has transformed into a mysterious black goop that defies identification. That moment when you realize your precious compound has "tarred" is the chemical equivalent of watching your dreams dissolve faster than sodium in water. Every chemistry student has experienced that soul-crushing moment of staring at their flask thinking, "I've created... nothing useful." The progression from scientific optimism to lying on the floor questioning your life choices is basically Organic Chemistry 101! The truest test isn't understanding reaction mechanisms - it's maintaining your will to live when your synthesis turns to sludge for the fifth time this week!

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