Thursday, March 6, 2008

Chemical Sex: Close, but Not Quite

There's been a lot of sex humor on my mind lately, and my friend reminding me about the infamous Toma et al. abstract image doesn't help:

I don't think that's quite what the scope of the article is. In fact, I'd venture to say that it is a bit no where near the scope of the article.

A more accurate model of the ruthenium (Ru) polypyridine (ppy) complex attacking the trans-1,4-bis[2-(4-pyridyl)ethenyl]benzene (BPEB) ligand would definitely be a double-headed dildo attacking two scrotums. I mean, there is an equilibrium arrow missing on the left where one "hole-shaped" molecular blob (the Ru-ppy complex) will continue falling off of one side of the dildo (BPEB), if we wish to be consistent with the contents of the paper.

Well, now that just ruined my night.

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