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orthocresol

21:06

ok... here we go

M.A.R.

@orthocresol where?

orthocresol

starting to type it, you can expect it in roughly a week

M.A.R.

Yay it's a thesis

Jan

@M.A.R. You write theses within a week? Do you want to write mine?

orthocresol

Abstract

In order to investigate the effect of the homework policy (HWP) on the current popularity of Chemistry Stack Exchange (CSE), we have carried out...

actually, there's so much to be discussed

I don't even know what we need to discuss

M.A.R.

21:14

Ice cream flavors.

If you don't like vanilla you're an icecreamist. ಠ_ಠ

orthocresol

this may surprise you, but i actually don't really like ice cream...

i find it too cold for my liking

Jan

So seals prefer warm food?

orthocresol

i might be an exception, haha

i just like drinking hot tea

Jan

Except we shan’t except that.

orthocresol

quite a british trait

Jan

21:16

(oooh, that pun hurts deep down =D)

We have something in common. We should meet up for tea one day =D

orthocresol

!!tea

Chemobot

orthocresol

hah, i like green tea more

Jan

Oh, we have a new tea image =D

orthocresol

although i'll take that too

indeed, Hippa fixed the image hosting a while ago ^^

Jan

21:17

I like green tea if it’s prepared properly. I haven’t managed to do so myself so I stick to black when brewing until I find a darker colour that better matches my soul \m/

M.A.R.

@orthocresol Well, thinking humans are jerks isn't wrong but thinking people of certain races are jerks is.

orthocresol

hahaha

Jan

What about thinking all humans are jerks?

orthocresol

that's probably true to some extent

well, I think we should start by chucking the name "homework" out first.

we should decide what questions we would like to close, that do not fall under the other categories (PMQ, unclear, too broad, opinion-based)

but I feel like that open-ended question won't get anywhere

Jan

No it won’t. However also, when we tried to redefine homework on meta, I feel that too many people got too stuck on the name ‘homework’ and didn’t talk enough about the underlying (problematic?) concepts.

orthocresol

21:32

Mm, good point

Jan

21:46

Okay, the time sink is too strong. I’ll leave ya for the night o/

Bounty Hunter

Q: Does the synthesis of beta-keto phosphonates from esters have a name?

Consider the Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction; one of its reactants is a phosphonate, usually stabilised by a β-carbonyl group which is then deprotonated in α position (figure 1). These phosphonate esters can be synthesised in a Michaelis-Arbuzov reaction from a phosphorous acid triester and an a...