Academic wank, lulz!
So I'm doing the literature search to kick off my project, and I came across the most HILARIOUS journal article I have ever read. See, this guy made a compound with a Si-Si triple bond. Then a computational chemist came along and said he didn't. The paper in question is the first guy saying "Yes I did!"
My favourite paragraph:
We welcome the use of modern quantum chemmical methods for analyzing the electronic structure of molecules which have an unusual bonding situation like 1. We think, however, that the work by Andreroni et al. is neither comprehensive nor careful. [Some chemistry stuff about computational parameters that I'll spare you] But compound 1 does not have an electron sharing sigma bond as (SiH3)3Si-Si(SiH3)3 does!
That's right. That's an EXCLAMATION MARK. I have NEVER seen an exclamation mark in a scientific paper before in my LIFE! I've seen subtle digs before, but never anything as blunt as "neither comprehensive nor careful". :p
My favourite paragraph:
We welcome the use of modern quantum chemmical methods for analyzing the electronic structure of molecules which have an unusual bonding situation like 1. We think, however, that the work by Andreroni et al. is neither comprehensive nor careful. [Some chemistry stuff about computational parameters that I'll spare you] But compound 1 does not have an electron sharing sigma bond as (SiH3)3Si-Si(SiH3)3 does!
That's right. That's an EXCLAMATION MARK. I have NEVER seen an exclamation mark in a scientific paper before in my LIFE! I've seen subtle digs before, but never anything as blunt as "neither comprehensive nor careful". :p