Comments on: On Cats, Part 3: Newman Projections

By: James Ashenhurst

James Ashenhurst — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 13:28:33 +0000

In reply to Andrew. Ha ha. Good find!!!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 21:34:07 +0000

What about the Fischer projection?
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By: James Ashenhurst

James Ashenhurst — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 18:34:46 +0000

In reply to Mickey. Glad you found it enjoyable Mickey! Truth be told I much prefer feral cats to house cats!

By: James Ashenhurst

James Ashenhurst — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 08:26:52 +0000

In reply to Linda. Thanks Linda!

By: Mickey

Mickey — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 10:37:03 +0000

Dude! It’s well-known around the San Diego community that I possess a strong distaste for cats. However, this is HILARIOUS, not to mention helpful, and now I will forever view cats as resonating organic meowlecules. I am deathly allergic to cats, which only explains a small portion of the burning anguish towards cats that resides within my soul, or what’s left of it after being exposed to these unstable cat-alyzed ass-acids. You have given my life a new perspective on not only cats, but incomprehensible orgo too! My C-C (Cat to Chemistry) Bond has been made. Thanks, science friend! :)

By: Daniel Olivo

Daniel Olivo — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 20:43:11 +0000

These pics are so interesting and adorable. I really appreciate the work that is here. I learned a lot.

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 11:11:42 +0000

I took organic chemistry a long time ago, and enjoyed it. I don’t remember anything about Newman (except Paul) or what all these angles mean, but I like the cat pictures!

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By: James Ashenhurst

James Ashenhurst — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 18:21:41 +0000

In reply to Kay. If you were going from a Newman of ethane to doing a Newman of propane, you'd replace one of the H atoms of ethane with a CH3. Does that help?

By: Kay

Kay — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 04:31:33 +0000

This makes way more sense than either my textbook or professor, haha. So it doesn’t matter how many carbons are in a chain, they ultimately look the same, right? If I were comparing ethane to propane, for example, I wouldn’t have to add in additional hydrogens or anything?