Amino acid Memes

The molecular bully of the organic chemistry world has arrived! This sassy molecule is actually phenylalanine, an amino acid with a serious chip on its benzene shoulder. The punchline "A-mean-oh acid" is a brilliant play on "amino acid" - because this one's clearly not sharing its lunch money. Chemistry students everywhere are having flashbacks to drawing these structures on exams while this moody molecule mean-mugs them from the page. If molecules had personalities, this one would definitely be the one stealing your beaker and pushing other compounds off the lab bench.