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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

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Ynol Tautomerization: The Molecular Ghosting

Chemistry Science
1 year ago 25.1K views 0 shares
Ynol Tautomerization: The Molecular Ghosting
The chemical equivalent of ghosting someone. One minute you're an ynol with your hydroxyl group happily attached, then a proton comes along and suddenly you're a ketene with your oxygen on the complete opposite end. Chemistry's version of "it's not you, it's me" followed by completely rearranging your molecular structure. Organic chemists spend years trying to stabilize these relationships only for H + to slide into DMs and ruin everything.

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