I've just lost an hour of my life that I'll will never get back, to listen to another totally boring, irrelevant and pointless organic chemistry lecture. Dr C. Braddock from Imperial College of London rumbled for an hour or so about total synthesis of Obtusallenes.
Have you ever heard about obtusallenes - NO? I'm not surprised - because they are some random compounds extracted in the 90's from some random Australian algae. You may ask what is so interesting about them, do they cure cancer, or revolutionise modern organic synthesis? No, they do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. They're just of personal academic interest to Dr. Braddock.
Well, but maybe, you may say, some new synthetic pathways were discovered while synthesising it - NO THEY WEREN'T - they just used quite well known and established roads to achieve their goal. And guess what - THEY FAILED - in the end they haven't managed to synthesise the molecule. So, I'm asking one more time, WHAT WAS THE FUCKIN' POINT!!!
In summary - guy was presenting his failed attempt to synthesise, in non-revolutionary way, totally irrelevant compound.
Why does life hate me?
Aaarghh! Does Endsleigh offers insurance against time wasters?
