Science

I haven't looked at a nmr in 38 years.

The adsorption spectroscopy class was a killer as far as the amount of time invested in the class versus the two hours of credit that was actually earned. We didn't have a mass spectrometer at Southwestern, so we had to choose one of our six samples to take to UT for analysis and of course I picked the wrong one because I went reasonably early in the semester. I was fortunate to correctly guess between eicosane and nondecane based on the physical properties, but having the molecular weight would have been conclusive.