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Doug Millington-Smith ([personal profile] magicaddict) wrote2006-08-01 06:15 pm

A Certain Peak In An NMR Spectrum...

...has shifted approximately 0.25ppm from that of its starting molecule.

It's laced with DMSO and water, and is terribly, terribly faint, but it's definitely there.

I think I've just synthesised the molecule my PhD was designed to create.

I'm not sure whether to crack open the beer or burst into tears. I've actually done it.

[identity profile] dbexx.livejournal.com 2006-08-02 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations!

[identity profile] magicaddict.livejournal.com 2006-08-03 11:33 am (UTC)(link)
A word so rarely used in research, probably because thing so rarely go right. Indeed, this is probably the first actualy congratulation-worthy success I've had during the entire PhD. It rocks, it does.