#(by which i mean that i went poking around the resources the prof has posted on the canvas n saw he linked to one)

[hua-fei-hua]

last week's lab was so incredibly short and simple that i'm, like, staring at my lab notebook notes like, "is this it? is this really it?" because the experimental section of the report is literally 221 words and three paragraphs long.

#we made an ester but my only notes on the scent are 'crude product has rather strong unpleasant smell' #and 'washing glassware with water --> smells like almond jello' #like not even regular almonds it smelled Specifically like the almond jello from the mix you get at the asian grocery store #i'm also sensitive to strong scents so i also was like. deliberately trying not to smell things too closely #it's kind of funny bc i was also like. the first person in the lab to identify the smell they were like 'hey hua smell this' #n i was like 'ohhh that's familiar' n they were like 'i know right??' n we were like. but what could it be. #somehow i unlocked those memories of cooking as a child n i was like 'ohmygod *almond jello*' n they were like 'OMG YOU'RE RIGHT' #花話 #anyway i also found a spectra database that is Not wiley spectrabase #(by which i mean that i went poking around the resources the prof has posted on the canvas n saw he linked to one) #so this means i can finally do those hnmr and cnmr spectra analyses! holy fuck!! #wiley spectrabase is my archest of archenemies because it doesn't!! let me see the spectra!!!!!!!!!!! #n like i Tried to go digging around for others but although i know of Some ways to find obscure but reliable data sites #i just Could Not find any others bc modern search engines are shiet #(but also it's kind of on me for not poking around the canvas a bit more myself lol)