If the works not novel, there’s no PhD in it. So getting scooped can really suck…. And when doing wet work, access to the necessary machinery and getting enoug

If the works not novel, there’s no PhD in it. So getting scooped can really suck…. And when doing wet work, access to the necessary machinery and getting enough time at the bench to make the desired white powder vs the undesired brown oil is critical. If you have to do x reactions to get good at doing reactions (ie you make what you set out to make), you can spent more time in a day or week running them and working them up. Or you can spend more months in the process.