Carbohydrate Memes

Organic chemistry expectations vs. reality in one perfect meme. The top shows a beautifully drawn carbohydrate structure with neat, organized rings. The bottom reveals what your synthesis actually produced - some bizarre molecular abomination that would make your PI question your will to live. Nothing says "I've been in the lab for 72 hours straight" like comparing your theoretical product with whatever eldritch horror your column chromatography actually isolated.