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# Well, monosaccharides are usually C6H12O6, which as organic chemicals go isn't that complex.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Tue 25 Aug 2009, 23:11, archived)
# There was a time in my life when I could draw that.
No longer.
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Tue 25 Aug 2009, 23:12, archived)
# It involves a hexagon with bits coming off it.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Tue 25 Aug 2009, 23:13, archived)
# I managed to forget A level chemistry in four days - a record
Fortunately it was the four days following the exam.
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Tue 25 Aug 2009, 23:15, archived)
# Or there's an alternate representation where you have the main carbon chain going up and down
and the OH and H groups are off to the left and right.

like this www.olemiss.edu/courses/chem222/CH.24-Notes/CH.%2024-CHEM%2022221.gif
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Tue 25 Aug 2009, 23:16, archived)
# Are you an actual alchemist?
Do you try all day to turn lead into gold?
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Tue 25 Aug 2009, 23:20, archived)
# Yes.
No, I do this : gilleain.blogspot.com
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Tue 25 Aug 2009, 23:23, archived)
# Whoa! I like the pictures.
But rarely have I seen so many words I don't understand.
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Tue 25 Aug 2009, 23:27, archived)
# Kevlar, for example, now that's a complex chemical.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Tue 25 Aug 2009, 23:15, archived)
# Hmmm. Looks like a protein with the alpha carbons replaced by phenyl groups.
Proteins, now THERE's a complex chemical.
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Tue 25 Aug 2009, 23:19, archived)
# Yeah, but kevlar can stop bullets.
And it's a polymer, not a protein.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Tue 25 Aug 2009, 23:21, archived)
# This is true. I expect that some sort of exoskeleton made from protein and metal ions might do so too.
Or maybe just chitin.
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Tue 25 Aug 2009, 23:26, archived)
# *Nods and smiles*
Exoskeleton, fuck yeah.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Tue 25 Aug 2009, 23:28, archived)