What is the most fun you've ever had with chemistry?

Question

Please lets not have so much of the drug comments. I'd like to hear about a happy experiment, or a experience you've had pertaining to chemistry.

By the way, you guys are geeks.
Organic ester sysnthesis... made the one they use to flavor those orange carnival peanuts. Drooled the whole experiement.

Answer 1

Synthesizing lidocaine (the numbing stuff) in college organic chem lab and then a bunch of us rubbing it on our TA's fingers.

Some kids put it in thier mouth but I totally wasnt feeling that.

:)

Answer 2

I loved teaching intro chemistry and doing all sorts of experiments. It was also fun to see the students discover.
In research, my team discovered an enzyme where ascorbic acid is used at the cellular level. mono-dehydro ascorbic acid transhydrogenase.

Answer 3

Spreading nitrogen tri-iodide on the floor of a bus! Cracking fun!

Answer 4

When I completed the first asymmetric total synthesis of a natural product.

Answer 5

Watching as my company's factory made the first 70 ton batch of my first adhesive product. (It was a new polymer latex.) It's still selling well.

Answer 6

light the bunsen burners was always fun.

If you opened the air intake a lot, it sounds like a jet airplane. WHOOOSH

Answer 7

Making silane must rank pretty high on any chemistry teacher's list.

Answer 8

I had a fun , when theorotical experiment was confirmed by practicle experiment.

Answer 9

Getting my first big grant from NSF.