I officially have a Ph. D

[JJChicken]

The Doctor's in the House!!!

Congrats.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

In organic chemistry, courtesy of UCLA. Also, uclalabrat is now columbialabrat. I won change my handle as second accounts are frowned upon

Congrats. Now go to law school, pass the patent and a state bar, and make a small (possuibly large) fortune working for Pharma companies.

(And PM me when your ready to do that. I have tons of contacts in that field).

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I'd tell you, but it wouldn't make any sense. Ah fuckit. Copper mediated coupling of vinyl boronate esters with allylic and aliphatic alcohols, and the synthesis of fdg-bapta-am

Pffft, of course, THAT old subject?

Congrats.

 

[meltdown75]

congratulations!!! that is an awesome achievement

 

[Hacp]

Who the fuck cares? A PH.D is trivial Unless you get a nobel prize, you will forever be a nobody. Everybody knows this.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

I'd tell you, but it wouldn't make any sense. Ah fuckit. Copper mediated coupling of vinyl boronate esters with allylic and aliphatic alcohols, and the synthesis of fdg-bapta-am

When you say, mediated, do you mean as in a catalyst function?

 

[bignateyk]

Pretty Huge Dick?

 

[Brainonska511]

cool! how long did it take? I'm looking into chem grad school myself but I have no real idea what I want to do. orgo is a possibility, I'm not a big fan of physical or inorganic.

Those aren't your only 3 choices. I'm in my first year probably looking at a biomolecular/chemical biology track in my program.

 

[roguerower]

Congrats. I hated Chem 101...can't imagine having to put up with 10 years of that stuff. Exactly how much in the hole are you and what does the future have in store for you at Columbia?

 

[PlasmaBomb]

When you say, mediated, do you mean as in a catalyst function?

No the copper is undergoing a reaction and is not regenerated... therefore it is not a catalyst.

Granted there are some catalytic copper reactions -
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/cr8002505

Background: Copper-Mediated Coupling
Reactions

It all started in 1901 when Ullmann reported
that “Erhitzt man o-Bromnitrobenzol mit fein vertheiltem
Kupferpulver, so bemerkt man, dass letzteres seinen Glanz
verliert und in eine matte graue Masse verwandelt wird. Bei
Aufarbeitung des Reactionsproductes zeigte sich nun, dass
das Kupfer zum gro¨ssten Theil in Cuprobromid und das
Bromnitrobenzol in eine bromfreie Substanz verwandelt
worden ist, welche sich bei na¨herer Untersuchung identisch,
mit der von Tauber auf andere Weise dargestellten 2.2′-
Dinitrobiphenyl erwies.”

:biggrin:

 

[uclaLabrat]

It looks like Dr. Shade's paper comes up when you Google "Copper mediated coupling of vinyl boronate esters".

That be the one. Well, one of two. The FDG-BAPTA-AM thing didn't quite work out...at least not yet. Degree took 5 years from start to finish, although I've been a full time student with no breaks since '98.

Yes, I'm a post-doc at columbia, started three weeks ago, just took some time to finish pushing my thesis through the committee. At any rate, I don't want an academic job, I just want a job, but pickins are slim without any experience/post doc, so here I am.

As for loving the city, my wife and I loved it before we got here after visiting a few times, hated it almost instantly when we got here, and now we're slowly coming back around.

Thanks all.

 

[uclaLabrat]

Congrats man . No more TA'ing that chem 30 series (especially the labs) now... that alone should be a relief.

Seriously. That was just painful.

For those who don't know, JT had to suffer having me as a TA. A punishment I would wish on no one.

 

[uclaLabrat]

so, how much in the hole are you? :biggrin:

Quite a chunk. More than I wanted, but being married during grad school meant taking out more loans than I would have liked. Overall, considering I've been in school for twelve years, my debt is under $100K, so it's probably not too bad.

 

[uclaLabrat]

I had to look that up...

I now see why your shortened it :biggrin:

Fluoro-2-Deoxyglucose? (there are a lot of FDG's)
1,2-Bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetic acid tetrakis(acetoxymethyl ester)

Fluorescein-di-galactose.....blah blah blah

Nice work getting at least half of it right though...I think I may have to fade away into ATOT obscurity after this, it always amazes me how resourceful you bastards are

 

[uclaLabrat]

No the copper is undergoing a reaction and is not regenerated... therefore it is not a catalyst.

Granted there are some catalytic copper reactions -
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/cr8002505



:biggrin:

Well, it kinda is...it goes from Cu (II) to Cu (III) then to Cu (I), but we think oxygen oxidizes Cu (I) --> Cu (II). We've been able to make it catalytic, but yields are lower and copper is cheap, so it makes more sense to use a stoichiometric amount (actually, usually 2-3 equivalents)

 

[brainhulk]

would that be a good catalyst for the detonation of ch4 from flatus?

 

[uclaLabrat]

would that be a good catalyst for the detonation of ch4 from flatus?

Nope. Best catalyst for that is red phosphorous...in the form of a match

 

[Numenorean]

Congrats. You have successfully lowered your IQ by at least 400 points.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Well, it kinda is...it goes from Cu (II) to Cu (III) then to Cu (I), but we think oxygen oxidizes Cu (I) --> Cu (II). We've been able to make it catalytic, but yields are lower and copper is cheap, so it makes more sense to use a stoichiometric amount (actually, usually 2-3 equivalents)

I just scanned the article... some of the reactions noted that it was catalytic but the original seemed not to be, hence the use of mediated... and once chemists have a name for something they like sticking to it

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Fluorescein-di-galactose.....blah blah blah

Nice work getting at least half of it right though...I think I may have to fade away into ATOT obscurity after this, it always amazes me how resourceful you bastards are

The second half was easy... I did come across some fluorescein conjugated things in terms of Fluorescein di-ß-D-galactopyranoside... same?

Hydrolysis yields fluorescein and two galactose residues which seems like it should fit...

I suppose the next thing we should as is what's the PD title/subject?

 

[sdifox]

Quite a chunk. More than I wanted, but being married during grad school meant taking out more loans than I would have liked. Overall, considering I've been in school for twelve years, my debt is under $100K, so it's probably not too bad.

my mortgage was 200k when I took it out...

 

[rivan]

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Grats, man!

 

[Old Hippie]

Congrats! :thumbsup:

 

[tmc]

congrats

 

[uclaLabrat]

Congrats. Now go to law school, pass the patent and a state bar, and make a small (possuibly large) fortune working for Pharma companies.

(And PM me when your ready to do that. I have tons of contacts in that field).

Ugh. No thanks. I'm ready for a 9-5. The prospect of working for a law firm, 60 hours a week at least, trying to make "partner" (which is just like trying to get tenure) is not something I'm in to. That, and I detest writing. Reading I enjoy, but I fucking HATE writing. My thesis was like pulling teeth. I could get good at it if I had to, but the whole time thing is a deal breaker. My cousin is going that route, and it's not the lifestyle for me.