“In the deepest layer of hell, Satan makes you do orgo.”
I love the snapping whip and the little cyclohexane chair conformation in the bubble.
For me, the worst part is IUPAC nomenclature. What about you?
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Work-up! Starting a new reaction is lovely, as is seeing the desired product peak grow in LCMS (or whatever you monitor with). But work-up – that sucks.
On a practical level, yeah, it can be painful to see all the work involved in workup, purification, and NMR’s give you a result of “this didn’t work” or, “unsure”.