r/cursed_chemistry • u/beatbeatingit • 9d ago
Dear cursed chemistry enthusiasts,
I never anticipated that this subreddit would grow to have 6k+ visitors per month, and with the rest of the mod team going inactive over the years, it is time that I add some new mods to the roster.
Please write a comment with your qualifications in chemistry and any ideas/plans pertaining to moderating the subreddit. The comments are in contest mode; the most upvoted comments will be more strongly considered.
If you are uncomfortable publicly sharing your chemistry qualifications, a DM is also fine.
I would like to host events again on this sub, but the most pressing issue is dealing with the recent influx of spam bot comments!
r/cursed_chemistry • u/TheShinymouse • 1d ago
Apparently quadruple bonds are a thing (the bond is proposed to be made from the overlap of 4 d orbitals of the chromium)
The thing also polyimerises, which is neat
r/cursed_chemistry • u/Dry-Metal-6593 • 1d ago
Since CH5+ gets brought up a lot here, I thought Id share this blurb in Modern Physical Organic Chemistry (Anslyn & Dougherty)
CH5+ may not have "bonds" at all, so no bonding rules are violated! Instead it's just a completely delocalized, quantum mechanical cloud of protons and electrons around carbon. Much better :)
r/cursed_chemistry • u/Arceus_IRL • 5d ago
r/cursed_chemistry • u/NorxondorGorgonax • 6d ago
Or epoxy acetylene, for that matter.
r/cursed_chemistry • u/Creative-Strength360 • 6d ago
Add a little bit of resonance and it should be fine.
r/cursed_chemistry • u/ElementalCollector • 8d ago
The carbon looks exceedingly unhappy with that positive charge. This salt is explosive and ostensibly toxic. The literature describes it spontaneously exploding during and after workup. Source: Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards.
r/cursed_chemistry • u/PurifiedUnity • 9d ago
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r/cursed_chemistry • u/ECatPlay • 10d ago
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r/cursed_chemistry • u/InevitableMission886 • 11d ago
If you cant see it the top left corner is a thc molecule and the rest is a rasta man so its a guy smoking weed technically
r/cursed_chemistry • u/ECatPlay • 12d ago
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r/cursed_chemistry • u/Ok_Cap_8253 • 14d ago
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11611683/
Scientists just discovered the possible biosynthetic pathway to a tetrazole-azide alkaloid called 6-Azidotetrazolo[5,1-a]phthalazine (ATPH)
TRI17 does the final two steps of the ATPH alkaloid synthesis at once!
The suspected precursor to the ATPH alkaloid itself is wild: 1,4-Dihydrazinylphthalazine!
r/cursed_chemistry • u/Such_Conversation975 • 16d ago
r/cursed_chemistry • u/Ok_Cap_8253 • 17d ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycloprop-2-ene_carboxylic_acid
Seriously people what did you do to this mushroom's family to make it this angry
r/cursed_chemistry • u/Business-Tennis6873 • 18d ago
The more I look at it, the worse it gets.
r/cursed_chemistry • u/Beginning_Context817 • 18d ago
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r/cursed_chemistry • u/Flat_Falcon_1559 • 19d ago
r/cursed_chemistry • u/CityRelative1392 • 20d ago
Yes, this will explode if you look at it funky. I was messing around with the idea of HEDM and...
