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archgoon · 2017-03-10 00:50:05

They aren't. They're viewed as really weird molecules.

motoboi | karma 1484 | avg karma 2.32 · | 2015-07-23 13:19:35+00:00

Could you elaborate on what is so weird on that molecule?

angersock | karma 15241 | avg karma 2.36 · | 2013-09-07 23:47:40+00:00

The molecule looks somewhat obscene.

daughart | karma 405 | avg karma 1.53 · | 2013-06-13 14:29:52

Isn't the standard here whether or not these molecules exist in nature? Honest question.

HarryHirsch | karma 10372 | avg karma 2.81 · | 2021-04-25 22:57:39+00:00

Wherever these molecules come from, they look remarkably plausible.

seydor | karma 7759 | avg karma 1.79 · | 2024-06-03 20:14:46

... with molecules

csallen | karma 9738 | avg karma 6.47 · | 2019-04-18 13:25:54

They've spotted the first type* of molecule, no? Not the actual first molecule.

fabian2k | karma 9511 | avg karma 7.09 · | 2014-05-14 11:41:10+00:00

Well, 2 out of 5 are actually molecules. But this kind of sloppy language doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

MegaButts | karma 1477 | avg karma 2.85 · | 2019-09-13 18:43:57

Doesn't that mean they're not chemically equivalent?

divbzero | karma 8759 | avg karma 4.14 · | 2022-03-23 16:20:18

I glanced at the structures before reading the text and assumed they were oddballs synthesized in the lab. Incredible that these are all natural products.

Leptocillin also looks astonishingly weird.

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passionfruit | karma 82 | avg karma 2.93 · | 2013-02-08 05:23:14+00:00

This article makes some bad analogies. Showing the structure of two different molecules and acting aghast that someone would choose one over the other is like saying all digital information is 1's and 0's so it's all the same. Or it's like saying all words are just a bunch of the same letters therefore they have no meaning.

chris_wot | karma 14762 | avg karma 1.71 · | 2016-04-30 17:40:28

What's wrong with that? I think I quite like this "molecularity", I'd like to see more of it!

loa-in-backup | karma 95 | avg karma 0.99 · | 2018-07-24 08:52:20+00:00

I guess it's a complex organic molecule with multiple interactions

tedunangst | karma 26000 | avg karma 2.74 · | 2023-05-25 13:11:10

> small molecules at 50?µM

That's an unusual unit.

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dvh | karma 5252 | avg karma 3.33 · | 2021-06-12 09:43:28

It's not a molecule, just like steel isn't FeC molecule.

dtgriscom | karma 1313 | avg karma 1.67 · | 2023-11-08 16:57:44

> "wigglier" molecules

Don't get technical with me.

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lmilcin | karma 13853 | avg karma 4.28 · | 2021-07-12 13:30:37

I mean, seriously, just look at the molecule. All those nitrogen atoms lying there restless to each go their own separate way:)

I would be surprised if it wasn't.

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exikyut | karma 4041 | avg karma 1.32 · | 2021-02-07 00:27:41

Interesting. Chemically speaking, how so?

pugworthy | karma 2597 | avg karma 2.34 · | 2019-05-29 22:34:11

Not really - makes a ton of sense if you're an organic chemist.

SomeoneFromCA | karma 655 | avg karma 0.7 · | 2023-03-24 02:28:34

No, |I do not have any confusion. Check the molecule yourself.