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1,3-feeds
7:03 PM
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Q: Why was homework badge deprecated?

Try HardThis is a meta question so please do not downvote - move as appropriate if possible, or I'll simply delete it if inappropriate. This site (like many in SE) gets peppered with non-optimal quality homework questions and for someone interested in looking through the questions quickly this is a pai...

discussion homework
 
Mithoron
Mithoron
7:14 PM
Wow, chat is even deader then usually
 
orthocresol
orthocresol
 
Mithoron
Mithoron
:D
Now that is DEAD !
 
orthocresol
orthocresol
;)
^ This one usually gets a chuckle.
Now, I need to try to answer that meta post...
Thanks for giving me the links, haha
 
Zhe
Zhe
I've generally preferred EDIC
 
Mithoron
Mithoron
@orthocresol Now MAR again ;)
 
orthocresol
orthocresol
7:25 PM
@Zhe wait, what is that an abbreviation of?
 
Mithoron
Mithoron
@orthocresol Meh, maybe reading some old discussions will do for this guy...
 
orthocresol
orthocresol
It won't take too long, it's alright
 
Zhe
Zhe
Oh wait, DEAD is not used for that
Is it?
 
orthocresol
orthocresol
Ah, no, DEAD is for Mitsunobu reactions.
 
Zhe
Zhe
DCC! I thought you were talking about DCC
 
orthocresol
orthocresol
7:35 PM
:D
I've never had to do amide or ester couplings. But yeah, I know some people who used EDCI
 
Zhe
Zhe
Mitsunobu
Yeah, the DCC derived byproduct is harder to remove.
 
Mithoron
Mithoron
@Zhe Huh, not if it's insoluble afaik
 
orthocresol
orthocresol
@Zhe You've set me off on another binge-watching-of-Star-Wars-videos-on-Youtube...
 
Mithoron
Mithoron
:D
 
Zhe
Zhe
7:50 PM
@orthocresol Well, then my job here is done.
Credit goes to @Mithoron for complaining about it being dead i nhere
@Mithoron It's mostly insoluble
But it's a bit more tricky to get out of your organic layer
 
Mithoron
Mithoron
@Zhe Meh, forgot the details by now
 
Zhe
Zhe
@Mithoron Probably better than me still :)
I haven't done lab chemistry in 8 years now
 
orthocresol
orthocresol
8:26 PM
@Zhe I'll be in your posiiton in 8 years' time...
Still doing a PhD, but no plans to go back to synthetic organic chemistry
 
Zhe
Zhe
8:40 PM
@orthocresol Honestly, it's not a bad place to be...
 
orthocresol
orthocresol
Yeah. There's no shortage of organic chemists, anyway...
 

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