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Hahaha, well, try to give a read, the books are very good. There is a series of Advances in Organic Synthesis books as well, but I am not sure how god they are. Then, there are 10+ volumes of Organic Syntheses collective, and if you get a hold on these series https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Organic+Chemistry+Series+of+Drug+Synthesis-c-1733 I would like to hear experience

Not necessarily I don't like permutations, I am more of a combination man

The Brits, always contrasting the Continent

At this rate it doesn't look like it, I liked only one song so far, the rest are..

Yeah, this one is good but quite basic. Well, there are many synthesis books and one way to go is - once you arrive to a certain compound or type of reactions used, you'll have to look up in synthesis databases and mechanistic schemes. I cannot recall a single book combining all of them. Maybe you can try to study synthesis along with medicinal chemistry if you are going to need it. And good start I can recommend is Strategy and Control https://www.amazon.com/Organic-Synthesis-Strategy-Paul-Wyatt/dp/0471929638 I bought recently Corey's The logic of chemical synthesis and while the book does not give out the mechanisms, it is a jewel of excellent source of synthetic pathways.

Looks like complete clay season is in danger. Hopefully, everything can settle down in time for Roland Garros... or grass season at least

Do you have some particular medicinal chemistry book or?

I almost missed this! I got more scared of missed deadline than of corona virus The deadline is extended right? Ah, okay, it is Tuesday night

If only Europeans were a bit more disciplined.

New Zealand The Kiwis are happy to announce their representative for the TAISC 2020! Aldous Harding uses oddness as both lure and armor. You can see it in her performances, which suggest a neurodiverse lexicon of emotions in her facial tics and physicality. And you can hear it in the language of Designer, her quizzically beautiful third LP, where she pivots artfully from folk eccentric to pop eccentric. Aldous Harding - Zoo Eyes

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[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Doubles' Sprint Luge Day 1 February 14th, 2020 Tristan Walker/Justin Snith x Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken Robin Geueke/David Gamm x Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt x Any Athletes from Italy Oskars Gudramovics/Peteris Kalnins Andris Sics/Juris Sics Wojciech Chmielewski/Jakub Kowalewski Aleksandr Denisev/Vladislav Antonov Vladislav Yuzhakov/Iurii Prokhorov Any Other Doubles Women's Sprint Luge Day 1 February 14th, 2020 Madeleine Egle Anna Berreiter Julia Taubitz Andrea Voetter Any Athlete from Latvia Viktoriia Demchenko Tatyana Ivanova Ekaterina Katnikova Summer Britcher Emily Sweeney Any Other Athlete Men's Sprint Luge Day 1 February 14th, 2020 David Gleirscher Wolfgang Kindl Jonas Mueller Felix Loch x Johannes Ludwig x Dominik Fischnaller x Inars Kivlenieks Semen Pavlichenko Roman Repilov Tucker West Any Other Athlete Doubles Luge Day 2 February 15th, 2020 Tristan Walker/Justin Snith Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken x Robin Geueke/David Gamm x Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt Any Athletes from Italy Oskars Gudramovics/Peteris Kalnins x Andris Sics/Juris Sics Wojciech Chmielewski/Jakub Kowalewski Aleksandr Denisev/Vladislav Antonov Vladislav Yuzhakov/Iurii Prokhorov Any Other Doubles Women's Singles Luge Day 2 February 15th, 2020 Madeleine Egle Anna Berreiter x Julia Taubitz x Andrea Voetter Any Athlete from Latvia Viktoriia Demchenko Tatyana Ivanova x Ekaterina Katnikova Summer Britcher Emily Sweeney Any Other Athlete Men's Singles Luge Day 3 February 16th, 2020 David Gleirscher Wolfgang Kindl x Jonas Mueller Felix Loch x Johannes Ludwig Dominik Fischnaller x Inars Kivlenieks Semen Pavlichenko Roman Repilov Tucker West Any Other Athlete Team Relay Luge Day 3 February 16th, 2020 Austria Canada Germany x Italy x Latvia x Poland Russia Slovakia United States Any Other Nation 2-Women Bobsleigh Day 4 February 22nd, 2020 An Vannieuwenhuyse Christine de Bruin x Mariama Jamanka x Laura Nolte Stephanie Schneider x Mica McNeill Andreea Grecu Nadezhda Sergeeva Martina Fontanive Kaillie Humphries Any Other Athlete 2-Men Bobsleigh Day 5 February 23rd, 2020 Justin Kripps Romain Heinrich Francesco Friedrich x Richard Oelsner Nico Walther x Brad Hall Oskars Kibermanis Rudy Rinaldi Alexey Stulnev x Michael Vogt Hunter Church Any Other Athlete Men's Skeleton Day 6 February 28th, 2020 Nathan Crumpton Any Athlete from China Alexander Gassner Axel Jungk x Felix Keisinger x Any Athlete from Great Britain Martins Dukurs x Tomass Dukurs Nikita Tregubov Alexander Tretiakov Yun Sung-Bin Any Other Athlete Women's Skeleton Day 7 February 29th, 2020 Janine Flock Kim Meylemans Jane Channell x Mirela Rahneva Anna Fernstaedtova Sophia Griebel Tina Hermann x Jacqueline Loelling x Elena Nikitina Marina Gilardoni Megan Henry Any Other Athlete 4-Men Bobsleigh Day 8 March 1st, 2020 Benjamin Maier Justin Kripps Dominik Dvorak Francesco Friedrich x Johannes Lochner x Nico Walther Oskars Kibermanis Any Athlete from Russia Won Yun-Jong x Michael Vogt Hunter Church Any Other Team Mixed Team Event Day 8 March 1st, 2020 Austria Canada x China Germany x Any Mixed-NOC Team Russia x United States Any Other Nation [/hide]

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Mixed Relay 2x6km + 2.7.5kmDay 1February 13th, 2020 Austria Czech Republic France x Germany Italy x Norway x Russia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United States Any Other Nation Women's 7.5km SprintDay 2February 14th, 2020 Marketa Davidova Julia Simon Denise Herrmann Any other German Athlete Dorothea Wierer Lisa Vittozzi x Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Marte Olsbu Roeiseland x Tiril Eckhoff x Any Other Norwegian Athlete Any Polish Athlete Sverlana Mironova Paulina Fialkova Hanna Oeberg Any Other Swedish Athlete Any Other Athlete Men's 10km SprintDay 3February 15th, 2020 Julian Eberhard Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade Quentin Fillon Maillet x Any Other French Athlete Benedikt Doll Johannes Kühn Any Other German Athlete Lukas Hofer x Johannes Thingnes Boe Tarjei Boe x Any Other Norwegian Athlete Alexander Loginov Matvey Eliseev Any Other Athlete Women's 10km PursuitDay 4February 16th, 2020 Iryna Kryuko Kaisa Makarainen Justine Braisaz Denise Herrmann Franziska Preuss x Dorothea Wierer x Lisa Vittozzi Marte Olsbu Roeiseland Tiril Eckhoff Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Any Other Norwegian Athlete Monika Hojnisz-Staręga Paulina Fialkova Hanna Oeberg Any Other Swedish Athlete Lena Häcki x Any Other Athlete Men's 12.5km PursuitDay 4February 16th, 2020 Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade x Quentin Fillon Maillet Any Other French Athlete Benedikt Doll Johannes Kühn Any Other German Athlete Johannes Thingnes Boe x Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete Alexander Loginov x Matvey Eliseev Any Other Athlete Women's 15km IndividualDay 5February 18th, 2020 Julia Simon Justine Braisaz Denise Herrmann Franziska Preuss Dorothea Wierer Lisa Vittozzi x Marte Olsbu Roeiseland Tiril Eckhoff Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold x Monika Hojnisz-Staręga x Larisa Kuklina Paulina Fialkova Hanna Oeberg Any Other Swedish Athlete Yuliia Dzhima Any Other Athlete Men's 20km IndividualDay 6February 19th, 2020 Simon Eder Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade Quentin Fillon Maillet Any Other French Athlete Benedikt Doll Any Other German Athlete Johannes Thingnes Boe Tarjei Boe Any Other Norwegian Athlete x Alexander Loginov x Any Other Russian Athlete Benjamin Weger Any Other Athlete x Mixed Single Relay 6km + 7.5kmDay 7February 20th, 2020 Austria Czech Republic Estonia France Germany Italy x Norway x Russia x Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United States Any Other Nation Women's 4x6km RelayDay 8February 22th, 2020 Austria Belarus Czech Republic France Germany x Italy x Norway x Poland Russia Slovakia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Any Other Nation Men's 4x7.5km RelayDay 8February 22th, 2020 Austria Belarus Czech Republic France x Germany x Italy Norway x Russia Slovenia Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Any Other Nation Women's 12.5km Mass StartDay 9February 23th, 2020 Iryna Kryuko Marketa Davidova Kaisa Makarainen Julia Simon Denise Herrmann x Any Other German Athlete Dorothea Wierer x Lisa Vittozzi Marte Olsbu Roeiseland Tiril Eckhoff Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Any Other Norwegian Athlete Any Polish Athlete x Paulina Fialkova Hanna Oeberg Any Other Swedish Athlete Any Other Athlete Men's 15km Mass StartDay 9February 23th, 2020 Julian Eberhard Simon Eder Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade x Quentin Fillon Maillet Any Other French Athlete Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer x Any Other German Athlete Johannes Thingnes Boe Tarjei Boe x Any Other Norwegian Athlete Alexander Loginov Any Other Russian Athlete Any Other Athlete [/hide]

I'll read this with popcorn later

Well done Novak! Let's catch that #20

This album is so good to be missed, so I was curious what Totallympics opinion of it would be

What intro? the youtube video you sent us?

The Kiwis are happy to announce their representative for the TAISC 2020 in Algeria.... Aldous Harding uses oddness as both lure and armor. You can see it in her performances, which suggest a neurodiverse lexicon of emotions in her facial tics and physicality. And you can hear it in the language of Designer, her quizzically beautiful third LP, where she pivots artfully from folk eccentric to pop eccentric. Aldous Harding - Zoo Eyes

It is good to see Garbine back! Excellent performance today. On the other hand, Barty does have consistency but whenever it comes to pull that extra string she fails. Whether mentally or game-wise. Kenin is as steady as peak Wozniacki but nothing spectacular about her game. Just being a wall and refusing to lose, which is for huge respect. Not many WTA players show such determination nowadays. Hopefully it is third title for Muguruza.

Men's Tournament - Knockout RoundJanuary 20th - January 26th, 202012 Nations, Play-Offs, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Third Place Match and Final Third Place Match Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 26th 2020, h. 17:30 Montenegro 3 Croatia Final Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 26th 2020, h. 19:00 Hungary 3 Spain

[hide] Women's Tournament - Preliminary Round January 12th - January 19th, 2020 12 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 12th 2020, h. 11:30 Slovakia 23 Russia January 12th 2020, h. 13:00 Greece 18 Serbia January 12th 2020, h. 19:00 Hungary 22 Croatia January 13th 2020, h. 13:00 Croatia 17 Greece January 13th 2020, h. 14:30 Russia 20 Serbia January 13th 2020, h. 19:00 Slovakia 19 Hungary January 15th 2020, h. 14:30 Greece 16 Slovakia January 15th 2020, h. 16:00 Serbia 2 Croatia January 15th 2020, h. 19:00 Hungary 2 Russia January 17th 2020, h. 14:30 Russia 17 Croatia January 17th 2020, h. 17:30 Slovakia 3 Serbia January 17th 2020, h. 19:00 Hungary 8 Greece January 19th 2020, h. 13:00 Slovakia 1 Croatia January 19th 2020, h. 17:30 Greece 6 Russia January 19th 2020, h. 19:00 Serbia 22 Hungary Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 12th 2020, h. 14:30 France 20 Spain January 12th 2020, h. 16:00 Germany 19 Italy January 12th 2020, h. 17:30 Netherlands 25 Israel January 13th 2020, h. 11:30 Germany 16 Netherlands January 13th 2020, h. 16:00 Israel 8 France January 13th 2020, h. 17:30 Italy 2 Spain January 15th 2020, h. 11:30 France 4 Germany January 15th 2020, h. 13:00 Spain 24 Israel January 15th 2020, h. 17:30 Netherlands 1 Italy January 17th 2020, h. 11:30 Germany 15 Spain January 17th 2020, h. 13:00 Netherlands 14 France January 17th 2020, h. 16:00 Italy 22 Israel January 19th 2020, h. 11:30 France 16 Italy January 19th 2020, h. 14:30 Germany 4 Israel January 19th 2020, h. 16:00 Spain 2 Netherlands Men's Tournament - Preliminary Round January 14th - January 18th, 2020 16 Nations, 4 Groups, the 1st Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals, the 2nd and 3rd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Round of 16 Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 14th 2020, h. 11:30 Slovakia 14 Montenegro January 14th 2020, h. 14:30 Germany 9 Croatia January 16th 2020, h. 10:00 Germany 2 Slovakia January 16th 2020, h. 20:30 Montenegro 3 Croatia January 18th 2020, h. 16:00 Slovakia 11 Croatia January 18th 2020, h. 17:30 Germany 10 Montenegro Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 14th 2020, h. 10:00 Romania 2 Netherlands January 14th 2020, h. 17:30 Serbia 6 Russia January 16th 2020, h. 13:00 Romania 7 Serbia January 16th 2020, h. 14:30 Russia 3 Netherlands January 18th 2020, h. 11:30 Romania 4 Russia January 18th 2020, h. 20:30 Serbia 8 Netherlands Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 14th 2020, h. 13:00 Malta 22 Spain January 14th 2020, h. 19:00 Turkey 21 Hungary January 16th 2020, h. 11:30 Malta 1 Turkey January 16th 2020, h. 19:00 Hungary 6 Spain January 18th 2020, h. 10:00 Turkey 15 Spain January 18th 2020, h. 19:00 Malta 20 Hungary Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 14th 2020, h. 16:00 France 3 Georgia January 14th 2020, h. 20:30 Italy 2 Greece January 16th 2020, h. 16:00 Greece 15 Georgia January 16th 2020, h. 17:30 France 12 Italy January 18th 2020, h. 13:00 France 11 Greece January 18th 2020, h. 14:30 Italy 14 Georgia [/hide]

[hide] Preliminary Round January 9th - January 15th, 2020 24 Nations, 6 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Main Round Group A Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 9th 2020, h. 18:15 Croatia 10 Montenegro January 9th 2020, h. 20:30 Belarus 2 Serbia January 11th 2020, h. 16:00 Montenegro 2 Serbia January 11th 2020, h. 18:15 Croatia 8 Belarus January 13th 2020, h. 18:15 Serbia 12 Croatia January 13th 2020, h. 20:30 Montenegro 2 Belarus Group B Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2020, h. 18:15 Czech Republic 6 Austria January 10th 2020, h. 20:30 North Macedonia 8 Ukraine January 12th 2020, h. 16:00 Austria 8 Ukraine January 12th 2020, h. 18:15 Czech Republic 5 North Macedonia January 14th 2020, h. 18:15 Ukraine 4 Czech Republic January 14th 2020, h. 20:30 Austria 2 North Macedonia Group C Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 9th 2020, h. 18:15 Spain 20 Latvia January 9th 2020, h. 20:30 Germany 14 Netherlands January 11th 2020, h. 16:00 Latvia 10 Netherlands January 11th 2020, h. 18:15 Spain 8 Germany January 13th 2020, h. 18:15 Netherlands 12 Spain January 13th 2020, h. 20:30 Latvia 18 Germany Group D Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2020, h. 18:15 France 18 Portugal January 10th 2020, h. 20:30 Norway 12 Bosnia and Herz. January 12th 2020, h. 16:00 Portugal 1 Bosnia and Herz. January 12th 2020, h. 18:15 France 6 Norway January 14th 2020, h. 18:15 Bosnia and Herz. 10 France January 14th 2020, h. 20:30 Portugal 11 Norway Group E Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 11th 2020, h. 16:00 Denmark 9 Iceland January 11th 2020, h. 18:15 Hungary 2 Russia January 13th 2020, h. 18:15 Iceland 2 Russia January 13th 2020, h. 20:30 Denmark 6 Hungary January 15th 2020, h. 18:15 Russia 10 Denmark January 15th 2020, h. 20:30 Iceland 8 Hungary Group F Date & Time (GMT +1) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 10th 2020, h. 18:15 Sweden 17 Switzerland January 10th 2020, h. 20:30 Slovenia 2 Poland January 12th 2020, h. 16:00 Switzerland 15 Poland January 12th 2020, h. 18:15 Sweden 1 Slovenia January 14th 2020, h. 18:15 Poland 2 Sweden January 14th 2020, h. 20:30 Switzerland 20 Slovenia [/hide]

Definitely won't miss this I am in for NZ

Happy New Year Totallympians

Many would like to participate but are lazy to fill in their predictions