If you think of electrons as the currency of chemistry, reactions are transactions of electrons between atoms. Just like double entry book keeping was developed to formalize how financial transactions  are recorded, chemists have developed their own convention for showing transactions of electrons between atoms. It’s called the curved arrow formalism. Previously I covered how [...]

First, an explanation. This happened. So things at MOC have basically  been on hold for a few weeks. Life is now returning to normal. The following discussion has nothing to do with the above, other than the fact that my dad’s best friend wryly observed of him: “When he opened his wallet, moths flew out”. [...]