Tom Stevenson @steventm98.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The ACS publications color scheme is a bit challenging to read on the white background. #ChemChat 031
Tom Stevenson @steventm98.bsky.social · 07/08/2026We used to have larger version bottles (400-500 ml) like this that we could use to store solvents in my post-doc in Geneva. When the pipette would bump up from the ground glass joint on its own we knew it was too hot to work. 020
Tom Stevenson @steventm98.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Another interesting reaction in this series was the use of ethoxyacetylene to dehydrate a diacid to a cyclic anhydride. 110
Tom Stevenson @steventm98.bsky.social · 16/06/2026My first t-butyl ester was the Diels Alder Product of ditbutylacetylene dicarboxylate and a heterocyclic butadiene. Treating that with TsOH gave the cyclic anhydride directly. 110
Tom Stevenson @steventm98.bsky.social · 23/01/2026AI generated structures on a Chemical Company's advertisement. 010
Tom Stevenson @steventm98.bsky.social · 15/05/2025So someone finally figured out what Mr. Krabs from SpongeBob never could, how to get rid of Plankton. 110
Tom Stevenson @steventm98.bsky.social · 10/12/2024UDel Summer Short Course on HTE docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 000
