Organic Chemistry Music Video "Resistant to Base"

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An organic chemistry-themed music video parodying Robert Palmer's 1985 "Addicted to Love." Shot on Canon XL-1s (MiniDV) w/ Canon XL 5.5-88mm IS II 16X lens. Edited on Sony Vegas HD 6. ***LYRICS*** Your lights are on, but you're not home You're in the lab, working alone. Your synthesis is nearly done Just add a chain to that carbon. You can't wait to alkylate But first you must deprotonate You add a mole of LDA To overcome that pKa Whoa, you like to think it will react with the stuff, oh yeah It's closer to the truth to say you can't add enough You know you're gonna have to face it, it's resistant to base. You check pH, it's past fourteen Your stirring bar is dissolving The TLC shows no products Another mole and then reflux! With LDA, it won't react Butyllithium just might abstract That hydrogen that won't obey Le Chatelier's communiqué Whoa, you like to think it will react with the stuff, oh yeah It's closer to the truth to say you can't add enough You know you're gonna have to face it, it's resistant to base. REFRAIN Might as well face it, it's resistant to base. (x5) Your potassium t-butoxide And ammonium hydroxide Your KOH and hydrazine Push the pH beyond eighteen REFRAIN

Channel: Comedy
Uploaded: May 20, 2006 at 1:43 pm
Author: scottkj

Length: 0:03:55
Rating: 4.72
Views: 98,970

Tags: organic chemistry music video ochem robert palmer addicted to love resistant base spoof parody

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Video Comments:
karendelv (Wednesday 8th of October 2008 04:45:16 PM)
hahah pretty cool!
Neopluto (Thursday 25th of September 2008 08:57:32 PM)
Didn't even learn this reaction/synthesis yet, but love the song. I'm disappointed that you don't have anymore though.
nacho09colon (Saturday 20th of September 2008 10:16:42 AM)
estan muy locos... o es necesaria tanta obsecion...
brad123451234512345 (Thursday 11th of September 2008 06:59:14 PM)
what is the ph of a solution containing 23 grams of sodium acetate dissolved in 1.0 L of1.0 M HCL? Scottkj
andymoses1 (Wednesday 10th of September 2008 01:09:29 AM)
wow thats just like my lab, except we don't have twins or triplets.
Mynah15 (Friday 5th of September 2008 10:44:19 AM)
SHUT UP!
misschams (Sunday 31st of August 2008 05:35:36 PM)
haha! if i didn't know better i'd say that guy's my organic chem lecturer, like, 50 years ago!
Horza2002 (Saturday 9th of August 2008 03:31:57 AM)
Totally awsome!!
FukaiNeko (Friday 8th of August 2008 12:23:26 PM)
Great it's just great.
foevaviet (Thursday 31st of July 2008 04:06:05 PM)
<3 ochem. scored a 99 percentile on the ACS .