I love this series of blog posts, especially since I have studied a bit of organic chemistry and loved that lab work (a very one-sided love affair). As an old

I love this series of blog posts, especially since I have studied a bit of organic chemistry and loved that lab work (a very one-sided love affair). As an old "fan" of rocket fuels in general and peroxides in particular, I still giggle a bit nervously at the chemical formula FOOF... Edit: http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2010/02/23/things_i_wont_work_with_dioxygen_difluoride.php http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2010/02/23/things_i_won... "If the paper weren't laid out in complete grammatical sentences and published in JACS, you'd swear it was the work of a violent lunatic."