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The Molecule of the Month (chm.bris.ac.uk)
35 points by fhlu 454 days ago
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Oh this is just great. As a connaisseur of molecular compounds, this is a well-rounded set, and I wonder why I never saw this website before.

From DMT to phosphine to octanone to dioxin to novichok agents... they're all there. Hallucinogens, carcinogens, chemical weapons. Cool stuff, and well-written stories to go with the molecules.

The American Chemical Society (ACS, predominant professional organization for us chemists) does a Molecule of the Week:

https://www.acs.org/molecule-of-the-week.html

Since it is down, an alternative MOTM is the one from the PDB:

https://pdb101.rcsb.org/motm/motm-by-date

More protein oriented, however.

Why does this webdesign make me feel so happy?
The old hacker news hug of death...
Nice, now I can procrastinate this afternoon