Looks like d atomic orbitals can also combine to form sigma (σ) and pi (π) molecular orbitals, but also a third type called delta (δ)! More about that here: chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/...

Infrared spectroscopy as a method for population-level health screening: optics.org/news/15/7/38

Rice University chemists devise novel method to accelerate drug synthesis and discovery: news.rice.edu/news/2024/ne... @riceuniversity.bsky.social

Good questions in class regarding how the ketone functional group relates to ketoacidosis. You all knew a lot more about this than I did! Here's a good video explaining how diabetic ketoacidosis occurs: youtu.be/yIc2XFNLhm8?...

Keto-enol tautomerism in DNA nucleotides can lead to base-pair mismatching: www.nature.com/scitable/top... @naturechemistry.bsky.social

For those of you interested in Lindlar catalysts, from how they're manufactured to how they work: www.lzchemical.com/Public/Uploa...

Remember the Miller-Urey experiment we learned about in Planet Earth class? Apparently the glass containers played a huge role! Here's a cool podcast on it: www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis... @sciam.bsky.social