Leah Lowder

Grad Student | Organic and Medicinal Chemistry really good at mixing things together 👩‍🔬

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Kicking off #recrystallizationwednesday with these dancing crystals 💃💎 check out the slow growing ones on the bottom 😍🤤

[leahthechemist]

my most favorite reaction to do in lab.... the Grignard! I've already initiated the Grignard reagent and you can see that I'm adding in the electrophile via cannulation! 🖤 #organicchemistry #orgchemistry #chemistry #chemistrylab #chemistryresearch #grignard #grignardreaction #dryconditions #reaction #synthesis #syntheticchemistry #gradschool #syntheticchemist #lookattheblue #science

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More recrystallizations today! They almost look like little yellow pop-rocks 🍭🍬 #crystals #crystalformation #recrystallization #organicchemistry #orgchemistry #organiclab #organicchem #chemist #chemistry #chemistrylab #chemistryresearch #research #gradschool #yellow #yellowcrystals #beautiful

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my kind of Friday night building DNA! 🤓 #DNA #orgchemistry #organicchemistry #organicchemist #dnagenetics #dnakit #molecularmodel #modeling #science #chemistry #biology #biochemistry

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Late night chemistry milkshake breaks🍦 #organicchemistry #orgchemistry #chemistry #chemistrylab #science #skateboard #womeninscience #milkshake #milkshakebreak #gradschool #nosleep

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A very energetic sep funnel after the addition of 5% sodium bicarb! #aqueousworkup #workup #orgchemistry #organicchemistry #organiclab #orgchem #reactions #sodiumbicarbonate #bubbly #chemistry #science #chemistrylab #gradschool

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Short path vacuum fractional distillation of a benzyl protected amine #synthesis #science #laboratory #orgchem #orgchemistry #organicchemistry #chemist #chemistry #chemistrylab #distillation #fractionaldistillation #vacuum #vacuumdistillation #cow

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For those of you asking...I did it 🙋🏽👩🏽‍🔬⚡️#organicchemistry #orgchemistry #reactions #crystalformation #recrystallization #chemistry #chemistrylab #doscience #work #gradschool #crystals #funtimes

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When silica meets the rotovap! #organicchemistry #orgchemistry #chemistry #silica #biochemistry #rotovap

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So beautiful and colorful... turned out that the crystals are actually clear, but the solution is pink, with a yellow spot at the bottom. Reminds me of a flower 🌺 #orgchemistry #chemistry #recrystallization #reactions #organicchemist #organicchemistry #laboratory #crystals #crystalformation #biochemistry #synthesis #syntheticchemistry #science #beautiful #lookattheblue

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One of my students made a fun time lapse video showing the crystal formation in today's lab. #organicchemistry #orgchemistry #chemistry #science #recrystallization #reactions #finalproduct #lookattheblue #biochemistry #crystals #crystalformation

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Final crystals from the previous recrystallization picture after filtering 😍 #organicchemistry #orgchemistry #science #recrystallization #crystals #finalproduct #chemistry #chemistrylab #filtration #lookattheblue

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Trying to recrystallize? Try concentrating your compound in DCM if it's soluble and then gently drop in pentane...but don't disturb the layers by trying to mix them together, the crystals will slowly grow as the two layers exchange with one another. Finally got this method to work and came back to these beautiful crystals 😍 #orgchemistry #organicchemistry #chemistry #chemistrylab #lookattheblue #recrystallization #dichloromethane #heptane #glassware #crystals #solvents #art #science

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Refilling the McLeod gauge with Mercury today #organicchemistry #science #mercury #orgchemistry #McLeod #McLeodgauge #chemistry #chemistrylab #beautiful #soshiny #glassware #quicksilver

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Another one 👽💭💥 #orgchem #orgchemistry #foamy #laboratory #chemistrylove #lookattheblue #chemistry #organicchemistry #highvac #flask #science #beautiful #schlenkline #reactions #gradschool #slowmotion #ilovescience #womeninscience #internationalwomensday

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When the Argon balloon gettin' low #organicchemistry #orgchemistry #chemistry #lookattheblue #smile #thuglife #thurday #happychemistry #dryreactions #sigmaaldrich #laboratory #lab #science #deflated #tlc #work #gradschool #art #balloonart