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I was in Professor Sharpless' organic synthesis class at Scripps many many years ago. Very nice guy and extremely bright. I'm not surprised he's pushing the env
by cageface 12y ago
I was in Professor Sharpless' organic synthesis class at Scripps many many years ago. Very nice guy and extremely bright. I'm not surprised he's pushing the envelope again.
- hga 12y agoYeah, Professor Sharpless. I took Organic II from him, he was indeed "very nice and extremely bright" (I had no doubt he'd get a Nobel in due course, as he did), and I too am not surprised. Here's Wikipedia on Click chemistry, which says he coined the phrase: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Click_chemistry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Click_chemistry Anecdote: he dipped some absorbent paper in safrole and had us pass them around and smell them, and in the middle of this said something to the effect, "Oh, BTW, this is officially carcinogenic, but it's not truly dangerous, I wouldn't have you smelling it if it was". As a former fan of root beer before the FDA forced it's removal I appreciated that. As the son of a Cajun mother I'm really glad filé powder contains doesn't contain it, banning it would be even more criminal.