The Organic Chemistry Haiku Project

The Organic Chemistry Haiku Project

Fuse your study or organic chemistry with your inner poet.

Project launched 11/19/02

Steven A. Hardinger, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA

Contributors: Chem 14C (fall 2002), Chem 30A (fall 2002)

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Introduction

Haiku is an ancient form of Japanese poetry, best know to most Westerners as three-line poems with a 5-7-5 syllable count. Here is your chance to combine your poetic and organic chemistry skills by writing your very own organic chemistry haiku for extra credit!

Rules Haiku are currently not being accepted for extra credit.

Weekly deadlines are 5 PM on each Friday. Submissions after the final exam is over cannot be accepted.

Effective Monday November 25: Due to an overwhelming response, you may submit at most four haiku per week. Submit only your very best work for the greatest chance to win one of the two Weekly Best extra credit awards.

Submit to Dr H by e-mail (harding@chem.ucla.edu) only. Include your name, SID and course number with each submission.

Two weekly winners will be determined by Dr H and the TAs, and posted here and at the corresponding course web sites. Judging is subjective (that is, whatever we like best) but haiku that are clearly about course topics will receive stronger consideration than drivel about having to study hard.

The best haiku of the week earns two extra credit points. Second place earns one extra credit point. It is possible that the same student may earn both prizes in any given week.

You may earn at most six haiku extra credit points per quarter.

Submissions must be your own work. Haiku that are similar to those already posted (as determined by the judges) will be disqualified. We will assume that identical haiku have been plagiarized. A plagiarist is disqualified from earning any haiku extra credit points. (To avoid disqualification, write haiku about a topic that other students have not yet tackled.)

Your haiku must have exactly three lines. The first and last lines must be exactly five syllables. The middle line must be exactly seven syllables.

Whenever possible, each line should be a complete thought, and not just a sentence that has been cut at the five or seven syllable count. Example of what is not acceptable: "This here haiku is not a good example of what you might e-mail in" becomes:

This here haiku is
not a good example of what
you might e-mail in
This chopped-sentence style is acceptable in certain cases, depending upon how the haiku flows and feels. (Dr H makes the decision, based upon his own concepts of artistic merit. Decisions are final and not negotiable.) (This example also not acceptable because the second line has eight syllables.)

Unlike some other forms of poetry, haiku lines do not have to rhyme.

Haiku with abbreviations other than standard chemical terms will be rejected. Examples: "abbrv." is not allowed but "E2" and "DG" are acceptable. As a guideline, if the abbreviation is used in the textbook, then it is allowed.

We reserve the right to post your haiku here, and to your haiku in future publications. Appropriate credit will be given.

Writing Tips

Capture a brief moment in time or a specific mood
Compare and contrast two ideas or concepts
Focus on a single, narrow, well-defined idea or concept
Read these web sites for some insight and samples

Sample Organic Chemistry Haiku (or what PhD organic chemists dream up at lunch)

one femtosecond nucleophile is poised leaving group going	70 eV ionization achieved fragmentation next	molecular angst is caused by torsional strain rotate sigma bond	C-Br pi star Achtung! an incoming nuc Walden inversion!
Proton NMR Excitation pulse begins Can I relax now?	My friends get to jump But I am not permitted Carbon twelve am I	Both reach for the sky Primary, anomeric Beta, poor for food

TA Haiku (Or what teaching assistants do when they are avoiding their own studying or lab work)

Ode to my p bond
I am the electrophile
Donate into me.

Oh lovely p bond!
I am the electrophile
Come and capture me.

Reactions take time
Seconds dance around the clock
Enjoy the moment

Student Work

Addition to C-C p Bonds
Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins
Aromaticity
Carbocations
Carbohydrates
Conjugation
Fundamentals of Organic Structure and Reactivity
Ionic Substitution (S_N2, S_N1) and Elimination (E2, E1)
Lecture
Lipids
Mechanisms
Miscellaneous Topics
Molecular Dynamics
Noncovalent Molecular Forces
Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids
Organic Acids and Bases
Radicals
Resonance
The Sopranos and Organic Chemistry
Spectroscopy
Stereochemistry
Studying Organic Chemistry (including exams)
Transition Metal Complexes
Transition State Theory

Addition to C-C p Bonds

Cycloaddition an addition reaction result in new ring	Alkenes one pi bond alkynes two C-C pi bonds nucleophiles	Markovnikov Rule New H bonds to H rich bond So them that has, gets!	Late night chem problems the munchies overtake me alkyne burritos
Dull swimming lessons, like pi-bonds and boron, cause Hydroboration	EN from the alkENe The OL from the alcohOL Gives you the ENOL	Markovnikov Rule Where does positive charge go? Most substituents.	Markovnikov's Rule H at least substituted Other goes to most
Like Angels in rain Wet Halogens add to make Halohydration	Additions don't scar Unlike poor Humpty Dumpty These broken bonds heal	Keto and Enol Mixtures switch between the two Tautomerism	It isn't boring To make trialkylborane. Hydroboration.
Halides wish each night For an alkene of their dreams. Oh, Haloalkane	Hydroboration It's Anti-Markovnikov No rearranging	Adding to pi bond First step, we break the pi bond Then, make sigma bond	Inducing dipole electrophilicity, What pi wants, pi gets
Alkene and ozone, Have you lovebirds set a date? That's a lovely ring	Alkene pi bonded loses its pi electrons Markovnikov, help!	Ah, Markovnikov Only studied HBr rule so pertinent.	Hydroboration syn-ful and so selective B with lonely C.
Hydroboration It involves oxidation Provides alcohol	Bromine addition Needs an intermediate A three-membered ring	Ozone for cleavage Carbon-Carbon Double Bond You get ozonide	Zaitsev would like to eat Markovnikov like a hare would eat carrots. ('zaitsev' in Russian means 'hare' and 'markovnikov' means carrot)

Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins

Amino acid: Tryptophan is in turkey That's why we're drowsy!	All the same, yet not. unlimited...with twenty. Amino acids.	It's a funny joke! shake a protein, "protein shake". well...I was tired.	Amino acid R group out, hydrogen in twenty in nature
Biochemistry amino acid, protein four layerered structure	N, C terminus antiparallel pleated beta sheet protein	Oh, the cytosine! How my hydrogens love thee I am the guanine. Week 10 Runner-up	Four categories hydrophobic and philic acidic, basic
the lovely protein Beta sheet, alpha helix make second structure	Structure in proteins Primary is the sequence Secondary, form	Hydrogen bonding Adenine and thymine Til death do they part Week 10 Runner-up

Aromaticity

Benzene, I hate you
You possess all I long for
So aromatic

Feeling unstable?
Aromaticity is
The answer for you

with pi, sigma, pi
one can be aromatic
and always stable

Carbocations

Need a negative bond with anything I find Aha! I'll take that!	Carbocation not satisfied unstable incomplete octet	Carbocation grab a nuc, form a pi bond or rearrangement Week 8 Runner-up	Promiscuous thing! Carbocation alone craving electrons
Always positive Carbocations teach me Popularity	Carbocations Lucky - wish they can teach how to bond so quickly	Carbocations Can't trust: one bond breaks, they make Another quickly	Let' s consider this Substitution is a key to stability
Carbocation First consider resonance Then think of 3 fates	Carbocations! How are all of these things formed? damn good leaving groups!	Carbocation, Why bond with just anyone? You're promiscuous!	Fleeting existence fragile carbocation, destined for three fates.
Carbocations What we always look at first Resonance of course!	Looking to share e^-s? CC seeking NUC partner Form covalent bond	Hyperconjugates: Carbocations play with Sigma electrons	Carbocations Share charge to be more stable More groups, more stable
The epiphany, Forming carbocation! The rest is down hill.	Beta hydrogen Bam! Grabbed you, making pi bond protonation, dear

Carbohydrates

Glucose likes chairs with OH equatorial Lower DG	Digesting Beta So very hard for humans Stick to eating rice	Glucose, my honey, Mind if I call you Dextrose? Wanna have linkage?	"Hey, fellow glucose, My C-1 likes your C-4" ...Disaccharide born
Lactose avoiders Drink alpha hydrolized milks They go down just fine!	b-D-glucose Demands all substituents equatorial	Point of attachment anomeric carbons join Polysaccharides	Anomeric C: start at primary OH pass ring oxygen
Alpha and Beta Two sugar conformations Beta, more stable

Conjugation

Conjugated bond
sigmaÝbond between two p's
makes it more stable

"Pi bonds don't rotate!"
Sigma bonds, "You're so planar!"
Orbitals at home

Fundamentals of Organic Structure and Reactivity

Looking attractive it's electronegative electrons stay close	Functional group wow! learn about carbon compounds! well o-chem is how	Will you marry me? O-chem, the love of my life Let us double bond	Most vital factor molecule geometry electrons repel
In building structures, Avoid grandest folly of Pentavalent C's Week 8 Winner	The atoms are more electronegative in top right of table	Equilibrium means balance for reactions and structure for life.	A p bond is strong A s bond is stronger Test and you shall see
I'm very stingy I hate to share electrons My name is fluorine	So rare, unstable, My chateau, far from Fluorine, Oui, I'm Francium!	Dominant lone pair Happily I do three bonds Nitrogen I am	C double bond O Smell the carboxylic acid Add the alcohol
If knowledge is sought For reasons behind O-chem The cause is structure Week 10 Runner-up	Pi bond, oh pi bond much stronger than a sigma overlapping's fun!	The Cardinal Sin The pentavalent Carbon Doom to fail O-chem Finals Week Winner	Want to make a pi? Start with some electron clouds. Then add overlap.

Ionic Substitution (S_N2, S_N1) and Elimination (E2, E1)

E1 or E2? Mother nature quite lazy Tends to choose E2	S_N2, E2 no carbocation here add one and lose one	S_N1 is hard Carbocation forming costs much energy	I yearn for breakfast No DG will stop me Bad leaving group will
Sigma Star so bright attract nucleophile, bond with all your might. Week 8 Winner	High energy hill Enough endurance to climb On top of the world	"Polar" bears, Explain Assist with leaving group, how? Ionizing it	E2 or E1? Look at least expensive step So that's E2
Carbocation formed? Must be E1 and S_N1 So pick both of them	Mother always says S_N2ís beat S_N1ís But view E2 first	Mother Nature is lazy But don't tell Katie So pick S_N2	Dash of good leaving group Mix 3^o C and polar solvent Now bake S_N1
Which way to pizza? Over high hill or short hill? Must be like S_N2 path	Alpha Leaving Group Beta Hydrogen Depart Nu double bond formed	Gibbs free energy S_N2, enthalpy big! rate in terms of bonds	Cut loose make me free no time, carbocation E2 reaction
Fluoride, hydroxide Too bad, not like iodide Two bad leaving groups	Make S_N2 fast? Better nucleophile Faster reaction	A hardcore attack The carbon feels on its back Now substitution!	During S_N1 Front attack and back attack Racemic mix made
E1 or E2? What uses less energy? well, E2 of course	Fluoride or bromide? just put them both to the test and bromide leaves best Week 9 Runner-up	S_N1, E1- Forming carbocation Is the slowest step	Better watch your back! nucleophile is here. so run carbon, run!
Who hates steric crowds? You hate steric crowds! Ya you! Mister S_N2!	A magic methyl methylates almost all things Call it all methyl!	Nuc attacks Elec with electron densities. LG packs to leave.	E2 or E1? Both eliminate something Hydrogen Attack
Polar bear, in snow Insulates charge, the bond breaks No one laugh, bad joke	E then S_N2 Primary alkyl halides are the exception	E1 or E2 Consider this reaction E2 is favored	When large base is here We invite Hoffman to stay He's the favored one
Are you S_N2? good leaver, love nuclei, not tertiary?	Triflate good LG 0-3 structures in a femtosecond	Zaitsev would like to eat Markovnikov like a hare would eat carrots (in Russian, 'zaitsev' means 'hare' and 'markovnikov' means 'carrot') Finals Week Runner-up

Lecture

Insightful lectures Plus many desparate jokes Is good for pupil	He jokes, jests, and kids yet still the class remains cold we need more coffee	Dr. Hardinger Keeps us in suspense With polar bear joke	Doctor Hardinger, The almighty professor Give us thy knowledge.
Room CS 50, eleven to twelve o'clock, where magic happens...	Yay! Chem 30A! Oh wait, studied hard, slept late Professor please wait!	Wake up, hair static Panic, in stage of manic, Our for organic	A bright APPLAUD sign What Dr. Hardingr needs For his O-Chem jokes
The projector screen Dr. H jabs, ducks, and sighs, "Worthy opponent"	8 o'clock o-chem Need sleep, clinically brain dead Excessive voting	Quiet, drum roll please The show starts at 8 AM Don't quit your day job	I laughed at the jokes, On the midterm I did great, Any relevance?
Through Organic Chem Somewhat enlightened I feel On the world at large	HeÝteaches like a... --shut yo' mouth-- just talkin' 'bout, steve. we can dig it (sung to the tune of Theme from Shaft)	Complicated thang but no one understands it but, steve -- hardinger (sung to the tune of Theme from Shaft)

Lipids

Lipids nonpolar Water and oil don't mix When like dissolves like	Prostaglandin cries "opposite face, beta lies" Sugar says, "Not I"	Micelle is selfish all surround her on all sides happily she stays	Lipid in my ear Protein in every gene No more to ask for Finals Week Runner-up
Carbon Skeleton One Carboxylic Acid My fatty acid	Alcoholic man One fat woman on acid Together, a wax.

Mechanisms

Arrows on paper
denote flying electrons
head hurts following

Miscellaneous Topics

Organic compounds: change at high temps & pressures new phenomena!	Chem, physics, bio Which truly explains the world (E) All the above	Thinking of haiku 30 minutes before due Cannot make one up!	Doctor Hardinger, new-found addiction; haiku. Say no to emails!
I answered one Q, Mother nature is lazy Katie graded it.

Molecular Dynamics

Torsional strain, huh? I thought this was poli sci should have gone to class...	The reason for all big electron repulsion controls reactions	Axatorial Lies between axial and equatorial Week 8 Runner-up	Benzene holds quite still C₆H₁₂; Chair-boat-chair Pi clouds tie it down
So comfortable be patient, draw carefully chair conformation	My girlfriend left me from strain, not due to ring strain I drove her insane	Ahh, steric effect! uhh, van der Waals repulsion umm, atoms too close!	It sits in a chair. "This is more comfortable!" Says cyclohexane Week 9 Winner
Oh gauche! Heavens sake Just give me the staggered form Quick, low energy!	Two atoms too close Electrons repulse others Watch steric effect	O Three-Membered Ring! Blissfully Stabilizes It endures much strain.	Staggered, most stable Shows least repulsion between Various atoms
p bond rotations Breaks orbital overlap Thus, does not occur	Sigma bond is free Rotate it can easily Not rigid pi bond	Rotations are viewed Frequently in sigma bonds So come take a look	Newman projections Torsional strain is no more Rotation took place
Oh, cyclohexane Why dost thou sit in a chair? 'I shant "strain" myself.' Finals Week Runner-up

Noncovalent Molecular Forces

2 O's, 1 C, H. Add a methyl, and, voila! A salad dressing	You like me its clear Bond dipoles don't lie you hear Let's H-bond all night	Hydrogen bonding Promiscuous as can be Chem is so racy!	Hydrogen bonding. Electrostatic partners "O!", "H!", stop flirting.
Van der waals forces Fleeting, weak partial charges Creating havoc	Fine wine, a white blouse Pass the chlorofluoroform Wow, my clothes are clean	Trillion molecules Why don't I disintegrate Shrug...Van der Waals knows	Van der Waals forces Hold everything together Even O-chem tests!
e¯ cloud distortion Polarizability Controls boiling point	Van der Waals forces Electron clouds distorted Opposites attract	Van der Waal Forces Depend on atom sizes Weak but everywhere	hydrogen bonds unlike the dipole dipole as weak as can be
Everyone has me I combine every atom Van der Waal I am

Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids

What holds DNA
In its double-helix form?
H-bonds, Pi-stacking

Watson and Crick
Double Helix DNA
Where is Rosalyn?
Finals Week Winner

Pyrimidine top
only one cat I did see
not two cats purrine

DNA has us
We contain all genetics
We are the bases

Organic Acids and Bases

Acids and bases donate and accept protons? Yes! respectively.	Moving electrons polarizability easy distortion	A stronger acid has a weak conjugate base also vice versa	He says, let's compare Aaaacids, but take off the -cids, and you're left with aaaa!
Are you acid? Base? Would you share electron pairs? Base shares. Acids don't.	Polarizable? Is it rock hard or fluff soft? If it's small, it's hard. Week 8 Winner	Increase when go down polarizablity down column, more soft	Fluorine, no respect electron denisty less inductive effect!
I crave electrons I'm an electrophile I'll get what I need!	Electrons seduce Electrophile falls fast A new bond is born	Base asks the Acid, "Aren't you related to me? I'm your conjugate!" Week 9 Runner-up	Bronsted says: "Give H!" Lewis says: "Take electrons!" Acids will do both!
Remote atom pulls Electron cloud lunges close Inductive effect Week 8 Runner-up	Sharing electrons Neutralizes formal charge Maximizes bonds	High E-N value Element is a poor base Won't share electrons	Clouds that can change shape Polarizability Soft will prefer soft
Inductive effect Occurs when my parents call Long distance brings ease	A proton is hard who will it bond strongly with? other hard atoms	To compare acids First compare bases, know that Resonance comes first	Proton approaches nucleophile attacks! electrons now shared
Attraction of e^- Two lovers, one rich, one poor. Electrostatic?	The strength of acids Have but many factors, but Resonance is key	Halogens beware! Electronegative strength Fluorine is the king!	Second influence Polarizability How basic am I?
Super negative? "Misery loves company," Hard atoms agree.	Electrons running Towards nucleus center Let us create bond!	Strong baseÝis a must Hydrogen always exclaims strong friendship product	Generosity We can learn from chemistry: Bases donate e-
Working from afar, Induction influences Basicity strength	Sha(rpei), like doggies res, pol, EN, inductive way to remember	Third Street Promenade Acid gives the base player Proton donation.

Radicals

An unpaired being - free liberal radical, it does good and bad	O-chem and cleavage homo is split evenly hetero is not	Free radicals are species which have one or more unpaired electrons	A photolysis needs interaction with light bring on the photons!
Free radicals are very electrophilic have open octets	Free radicals have three mechanistic fates like carbocations!	Radicals be free! Don't be controlled by three fates, love the e^- you have.	Odd number of electrons? No need to cry about it Just make a bond
What is a freon? Dont' confuse it with neon They are CFC's.	CFC chill car Destroy millions of ozone Blemishes on skin	Radical union In humans and molecules Terminates the chain Week 8 Runner-up	Benzene so stable With p-bonds unbreakable Shuns free radicals
Three radical fates aid predictions for students choosing a product	DNA watch out radicals can cause damage save your hydrogen!	Radicals floating endless lonely electrons eager to join pi	Free radicals now reactive due to strong force fill open octets
Unpaired Electrons Radicals are so lonely They love to react!	Antioxidants Block unwanted processes By losing an H	'You believe in fate?' cooed pi-bond to radical. 'Babe, let's propagate.' Week 10 Winner	Oh chain reaction Initiate, Propagate Then termination Week 10 Runner-up
Stable radical? First we look at resonance, Then substituents.	Radical bromine Lonely electron wants friend Three ways to find one	It's a bird, a plane... No - run and hide DNA! It's Superoxide	A free radical: open as most boys can be e^- comes, they follow.
Antioxidants Stable in radical form Halts radical chain	Where are radicals? First we must have light or heat Then initiate	Radical arrived to orchestrate the carbons in radical ways	Wild radicals Like rabbits they replicate like bears they attack! Finals Week Runner-up

Resonance

8 o'clock o-chem Why is lecture so early? Answer: Resonance	Dots jumping around Resonance on paper now Bonds break, bonds form fast!	Know your resonance It is the answer to life Nothing can compare	What is the answer to everything on earth well, resonance, duh
My TA told me practice resonance structures pushing electrons!	Lone pairs and pi bonds Is there any resonance? Almost certainly!	Resonance, pi bonds Stability in structure More so than my grade	Ion resonance delocalizes ion's negative charges
Where are electrons? Are they here or are they there? Both, 'cause resonance.	Resonance hybrid Represents finest structure Of any ion	It's 3 in the morn Finally drift into dream Resonance, reson....	This quarter I learned The answer to life's questions Resonance, that's it
Yes it's resonance all over the universe it makes the best guess

The Sopranos and Organic Chemistry

Studyiní O-Chem
No time for Tony and gang
Sopranos can wait

Made men, like benzene
Donít touch or you will be whacked
Chem crew will get you

Carmel left Tony
Bond broke, leaving group departs
T wants to grab nuc

Ralph in polar juice
Like E1 in polar juice
Bond breaks, head is cleaved

Spectroscopy

Mass Spectrometry-- I can't even pronounce it But I can do it!!!	Jagged carbonyl look for my peak to see me seventeen hundred	One DBE - ring four - a possible benzene one per double bond	Dreaming of pi bonds hallucinating mass spec ochem rules my thoughts
NMR, IR mass spectroscopy helps to determine: structure	Two bands for benzene Look for zone four overtones ...aromatic ones.	Alcohol zone 1 broad due to hydrogen bond not from working out	Alcohol a must a must to look for: zone 1 a must after test Week 8 Runner-up
Proton NMR neighbors coupling together then splitting apart	IR, NMR OH and NH broad bands Why? There's H-bonding	Chemical shift is methyl, methylene, methine cavorting downfield Week 8 Winner	Give me a structure. What's the first thing I will do? Count up DBEs.
Significant peaks Means alcohol and amine In Zone number one	Look at mass spectrum Find mass to charge ratio And number of C	bond stretch is useful bend gives only fingerprints clues for student sleuths	Analyze five zones In an infrared spectrum For keys to structure
To deduce structure Use Mass Spectrum and IR And H-NMR	My neighbors' mean cats, like H-NMR protons cause splitting headaches.	Fingerprint region Difficult for assignments Usually ignored	Friendly H neighbors Indentical? Will not split! Plug in n+1
Weakened molecule Energy from electrons Ion falls apart	Infrared Photon Take me to a higher state Oh! The excitement!	Got 4 DBE? Then 3 p bond and a ring, You have benzene ring.	Fingerprint region Problematic to discern Complex absorptions
Benzene, are you there? The DBE count is four It's likely, my love!	Change the bond dipole Infrared Spectroscopy How fascinating!	Brain hurts a lot from studying a lot of chem no more NMR!	Spin! Proton, Spin! Spin! Now flip to your heart's content. Ah! Sweet resonance.
Why carbon-13? NMR spectroscopy. O-Chem based on C.	Back flips across the floor - one, two, three or four more Might create signals	Word to the wise, F Leave the hydrogens alone or they run downfield	Wanted: carbonyl Was last seen around zone four Causing intense peak. Week 9 Winner
For H-NMR Singlets, doublets, and triplets Are splitting patterns	Spectroscopic graph IR or mass peaks?- no clue I got a 50	Finger print region Infrared spectroscopy That part baffles me	IR For benzene Aromatic overtones Two Zone 5 signals
Upfield and downfield The chemical shift shielded Versus deshielded	Hydrogen bonding Different chemical shifts Make a broadened peak	Splitting, integrals, the number of hydrogens determines structure	Change in bond dipole? Check length and charge difference. No other loophole.
Spin nucleus spin My energy will flip you Then I can see you	IR, NMR oh in mass spectroscopy it fits together	Spectroscopy sets Are time consuming and tough But well worth the wait.	Benzene is present If there are four dbe's and some overtones.

Stereochemistry

R or S as center? Count 1 2 3 4; however, Watch out for the H	Chiral, achiral O, Stereochemistry Racemic mixture?	Enantiomers Identical twins with rings One on left, one right.	Racemic mixture made up of mirror image enantiomers
My essence is lost I am here, but can't be seen Life in symmetry.	3-D trans or cis? Use figure sticks, model kits, To visualize quick.	Alright!ÝRacemic They're equally important I don't have to choose	Enantiomer Don't be so lonely, just look! You have your mirror.

Studying Organic Chemistry

Not understanding This Organic Chemistry Causes lack of sleep	All of the Pre-meds Who only study O-chem Are lonely singlets	Chemistry all day Never seeing the sunlight I'll soon have rickets.	Stressed, hungry, dirty need more caffeine in my drink night before midterm
Pulling all-nighter Hardinger's workbook too long completely stressed out	To my dear boyfriend, no time for you this weekend, practicing ochem...	Sorry, Doctor H I memorized the table Guess I have no life	Midterm 2 is done No O-chem for Thanksgiving Wait! Finals are here!
Midterm is quite soon. Textbook lies on my bookshelf. I'll write a haiku.	Midterm tomorrow Textbook is open on desk I'll read the haikus	Need break from O-chem The Bachelor is tempting Yippie! He proposed.	Be quick like rabbits- organic chemistry tests, and wise like turtle.
I eat chemistry! know radicals, next topic?? I dream chemistry!	Need extra credit Not scoring well on exams My haiku can win!	No sleep for o-chem no shower, no brushing teeth... don't sit next to me!!!	I am so tired! I haven't slept in a week. Please, no more O-chem!
It makes me cry out it makes me shout.. I got chem and I'm super sad	Yay, finally done! On now to 14D class Then it starts over

Transition Metal Complexes

Such weak field ligands Will only show you red light. Switch to strong for blue.	Absorb color red, Don't worry about others, Only green for eyes.	Tranistion metals Use one s, five d, three p To fill their eighteen Week Ten Winner	The third row begins Transition metal ligands used for complexes.
Nickel, copper, zinc they all want to be 18... electrons that is.

Transition State Theory

Catalyst comes quick decreases my DG expect sparks to fly	Highest energy between more stable places the transition state	Oh Transition State, Why so high in energy? Must be partial bonds.	Mechanism step activation energy need in RDS
Nature wants lower Activation energies. Resonance is key.	I'm Mother Nature I'm Lazy and like Nelson Hate energy hills	Thou Shall never pass! Reactants heard in despair DeltaG's too large!

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