Tertiary alcohol Memes

Chemistry students everywhere are feeling this one! Grignard reactions are SUPER sensitive to water - even the tiniest drop will destroy your precious organometallic compound. The meme shows the tragic reality: your tears (water) will absolutely wreck your reaction, turning your magnesium bromide into a useless mess instead of that tertiary alcohol you desperately needed for your synthesis. The right side is smugly successful while the left is having an existential crisis. Pro tip: save the crying for AFTER lab hours!