Yellow

So this is what the compounds that my research is currently centered around look like. They're called silylglyoxylates (my boss coined the term). The picture doesn't really do it justice. It is extremely yellow and even a little of it will be really yellow in solution or on your lab coat.
Oddly enough they seem to smell like asparagus and I havn't tasted any of them yet but I'm really tempted... They do really cool things when they're attacked by an electrophile (form an enolate following a brook rearragement). Unfortunetely they don't like the light otherwise my bench would be all decked out in various shades of yellow.

Safety?

I noticed this sticker the other day and I think its my new favorite warning sticker. A picture of a baby drowing in a bucket. This sticker is placed on a chemical spill cleanup bucket that I can see would have no reason to be anywhere but a chemistry lab. Why there would be a baby crawling around a lab floor I have no idea.

Vacation

These are just some pictures from my vacation in New Hampshire this August. Always totally sweet going up there. First one is my brother and I kayaking on silver lake. Mt. Chocorua in the background.
This is my brother and I again, taking care of some extra brush at the cabin. Note the bench in the foreground, at one point it may or may not have been on fire.


Took this picture on a new bike ride we found. Mt. Chocorua seen from Lake Chocorua. Easy to see why its one of the most photographed mountains. Its a pretty good shot, I should be a photographer.

Howdy

Got a little bored and the myspace blog sucks so decided to start this one. Little tired tonight but I'll play with this tomorrow.