Resistant to Base!

An organic chemistry-themed music video parodying Robert Palmer’s 1985 “Addicted to Love.“ Shot on Canon XL-1s (MiniDV) w/ Canon XL IS II 16X lens. Edited on Sony Vegas HD 6. ***LYRICS*** Your lights are on, but you’re not home You’re in the lab, working alone. Your synthesis is nearly done Just add a chain to that carbon. You can’t wait to alkylate But first you must deprotonate You add a mole of LDA To overcome that pKa Whoa, you like to think it will react with the stuff, oh y