/sci/ - Science & Math

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>>4443440

lol I'm not majoring in Chemistry you twat

pffft lol
organic and inorganic chem:
stamp collecting
Physical chem:
babby physics
theoretical chem:
unsatsifying physics and excessive computation

source: disillusioned chemistry student.

>>4443440
Chemists actually have a pretty good job outlook.

Better then most of the other non-engineering science degrees at least.

>>4443450
This cunt thinks he's hot lasagna. Piss off with the pretentious bullshit

>>4443435
Stop pretending you know anything about chemistry.

>>4443456
OP here. I hardly know shit about Chemistry, but the little bit I do know is cool as hell.

Chemistry is fun.

>>4443456
More than you ever will

>>4443461

>implying memorizing the amino acids and a few Ochem reaction mechanisms means you know chemistry.

>>4443456
here
>>4443461
I'm currently 3 years into a Ph.D. in organic chemistry. I think I have you beat you mediocre tripfag.

>>4443471
So you are getting a Ph.D in baby chemistry? Cool man. Tell me one person who is impressed by knowledge of orgo

>>4443465
My major requires me to take everything a chem major would including biochemistry and physical chemistry. Are you even trying?

>>4443477

Whats your major?

>>4443471
what kind of organic chemistry? Making fuck-complicated molecules or characterising/invesitagting novel reactions/catalysts?

>>4443481
Molecular biology and biochemistry

>>4443487
>Calls Organic baby chemistry
>Is a Biochemist

lol'd heartily, hope you're a troll.

>>4443487
which university do you go to?

>>4443497
Anyone with a functioning brain and an IQ above 70 will find organic chemistry easy. This surprises you? Get off your high horse, cunt.

>>4443498
Rutgers University.

>>4443503
I guess that means anyone with an IQ over 50 would find Biochemistry easy?

I mean come on, Biochemistry is the little retarded cousin of Organic chemistry.

>>4443519
>Biochemistry is the little retarded cousin of Organic chemistry
Now I know you're are trolling. The level of critical thinking and problem-solving required for biochemistry is 10x greater than that of organic chemistry.

>>4443503
You sound like a 1st or second year student.

>undergrad molecular biologist/biochemist
>actually thinks his major requires him to know physical chemistry (olol look at me I've done intro themodynamics i r teh gud physical chemist)
>talking down to a PhD chemist
>telling other people to get off their high horse

lol

>>4443503

>implying biochem isn't just applied organic chem
>implying it's not mostly memorization anyway

>>4443477
Baby chemistry? Have you ever looked at a quality total synthesis paper? Please explain how upolong chemistry or orthogonal protection are trivial. Please detail how Hammet plots have furthered our understanding of reaction mechanisms. What is the significance of the Marcus inverted region? How has the development of lytropic liquid crystals affected modern technology?

Baby chemistry. Just goes to show how little you know about the topic. Your ignorance continues to amuse me tripfag.

>>4443532
> 1st or second year student.
I'm a 4th year so I know more than you and I probably know more than the Ph.D in areas of study that actually matter and are applicable to the real world.

>>4443536
No.

>>4443543

We need more of you on this board.

>>4443543
He's probably never even done any retro-synthetic analysis, let alone total synthesis.

>>4443483
Some relatively simple synthesis followed by bastard hard purifications. I actually spend most of my time characterizing some magnetite and polymer conjugates these days. My research is really on high stability coatings for metal oxides

>>4443543
You're trying to trick me into doing your homework. It's not going to work. I'm sorry.
Stop obsessing over trivial chemistry topics and study something useful and challenging like biochemistry

>>4443557
You had at least two people taking you seriously in this thread. Why would you go and spoil your hard work?

>>4443570
What? I just don't understand why someone would spend years studying something as pointless as organic chemistry. Does organic chemistry save lives? No. That's biochemistry that is saving live. Without biochemistry we would not be here today talking on 4chan.

>>4443548
What does your biochem lab entail? At the state university I attend, they only offer one term for the entire year of biochem. I spent ten weeks isolating something resembling LDH from chicken meat.

Pic unfortunately related. Fuck my life.

>>4443581
bitches don't know about pharmaceuticals

>>4443581
You actually started off pretty good, but now... well... time to give up.

Going for PhD in organic or organometallic.

trololololol. Premed fags whining about ochem.

Oh yeah, I've been published in JOC!

Sorry that this thread got derailed, OP.

US Chemistry and Math major reporting in. Just got the acceptance letter for a paid internship in Germany for the summer. It'll be fly.

Oh, never mind. You're a troll. Was hoping to chat with another biochem major.

Fuck my life.

Today the challenge presented to biochemists is to compare the relative merits of various total and formal syntheses of the compound aspidospermidine with special focus on the work of Aube, Zard, Stork, and Martin. Failure to consider atom economy, overall yield, quantity and difficulty of purification, reagent cost, and stereochemistry will constitute incomplete work.

>>4443593
How much did that cost you?

i've been watching the solid state chem MIT lectures everday for 23 days now (on lec 23 now). i love this shit.

fucking orbitals man. props to all chemists.

Blackman is hilarious, I love the way he tries to justify his easy as shit, shit tier major.

Keep it coming. Memorize the shit of these guys!

>>4443659
>implying orbitals aren't derived directly from Quantum physics

You don't use any sort of chemistry to derive/understand orbitals. It is all physics.

>>4443685

no, it is the application of mathematics to study electronic structure which is chemistry. i don't get why physicists always try to claim mathematics as their own.

>>4443690
>the application of mathematics to study electronic structure

Which is quantum mechanics, a branch of physics......DURRRRR. If you really want to study electrons you use quantum mechanics.

>>4443690
>implying newton didn't discover calculus

>>4443690

>>4443690
Trollin?

>>4443706
Or you can use soild-state physics, if you are fine with alot of shitty approximations. WHICH IS STILL FUCKING PHYSICS THOUGH!

>>4443683
Okay buddy. You come back when you can handle biochem.

Your samefag is showing
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>>4443711

QMfag reporting. QM is halfway between chem and physics. I've published in both chemistry and physics journals, depending on the applications/focus of my work. (Also, I have one article in a computing journal because I came up with a neat method of doing some matrix calculations.) I had a choice of which degree program I wanted to be in, whether I wanted "physics" or "chemistry" on my parchment, and my advisor was technically part of both departments.

>>4443477
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>>4443717

wait, so all i need to do to become king of /sci/ is become a pretentious asshole?

>>4443737
You forgot 'ignorant' and 'that everyone pities'

there really is a spectrum that goes from the purest mathematical physics all the way up through botany. chem and physics depts often work together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiT00AUwQl8

pretty common dispute. in this vid you see a physicist get butt mad that work done with quasi crystals is awarded the nobel prize in chem. "quasi crystals are physics, not chemistry, sorry but its physics..." lol.

>>4443487
blackman has more respect from me now, i thought he was a premed faggot

>>4443659
lol nigga what chyou know about dem F orbitals???

>>4443767
why does his major matter. He is still an incompetent ass hat when it comes to discussing science.