Wednesday – 24th April
3rd day of #RealTimeChem Week has come and gone! Much in the vein of the 24 favourite tweets of #RealTimeChem day, I’ve decided to highlight my favourite tweets of each day. I’ve also decided to give out awards to aforementioned tweets, with the three best tweets of the whole week winning a prize, which you can find out about on the FAQ!
These awards are ordered into Ag (10 winners), Au (7 winners) and Pt (3 winners). Within these categories they are in no particular order.
So without further ado, onto the awards.
Wednesday. A great range of chemistry in the middle of the working week. Certainly the hardest day so far to choose just 20 of the best tweets! Thanks to everyone who has taken part so far, you have been brilliant.
Silver Award 
Darren shows a different aspect of the chemistry business, IP. A big, big conferences. It’s great to see every bit of chemistry represented during #RealTimeChem week.
This is what part of the world's largest biotech gathering looks like #BIO2013 #realtimechem http://t.co/DQY98O0Zy2
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Darren Smyth (@EIP_Elements) April 23, 2013
I love this close up from Chemist in Japan. Making an ordinary reaction look classy.
The 4-hydroxybenzoic acid dissolved in 100㎖ of 10M KOH. Waiting for temp to add CHCl3. #RealTimeChem http://t.co/j8DlSBW6bl
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Chemist In Japan (@chemistinjapan) April 24, 2013
Freya showcases her first ever poster, looks pretty sharp to me. Hope the presentation went well. These are another important aspect in the life of a chemist. You’ll do one at least once in your career!
Finished my very first academic poster, now to print before presenting it tomorrow! #RealTimeChem http://t.co/tRLPS5KmqA
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Freya Leask (@itsfreya_) April 24, 2013
Mr Hopkins takes us back to the days where it all began for many of us, those school chemistry lessons.
Team @DCGSChemistry working away at the #UCL Salters festival of chemistry. #realtimechem http://t.co/szh3IH1dS4
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Mr Hopkins (@HopkinsChem) April 24, 2013
The Grumpy Chemist continues to impress, with yet another good shot. Orange powders are all the rage dontcha know? No idea how a cat uses a camera mind you.
Another #realtimechem day, another column. Orange (!) dry load. http://t.co/TbVLCqvmJ2
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The Grumpy Chemist (@Chemistry_Kat) April 24, 2013
Andrea runs a good old Vilsmeier-Haack formylation, using your standard stirrer plate that doesn’t do one of it’s two basic functions…we’ve all had them! Make do and mend is still very much alive in academic laboratories.
Vilsmeier-Haack formylation after aqueous workup... It's time to pack the column! #realtimechem http://t.co/lsNAN7Fy91
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Andrea Vezzoli (@skeja24) April 24, 2013
Albano is still coming up with great shots of #RealTimeChem, plenty of balloons is always fun times.
So, both metathesis finished. It's hydrogenation time of those pesky double bonds... #RealTimeChem http://t.co/5PTAv2AU5b
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Albano Galán (@albanogalan) April 24, 2013
Christopher sums up Chemistry via this interesting and rather accurate analogy.
Sometimes chemistry is like a toddler...misbehaves, doesn't do what it's supposed to, occasionally smells, but always fun! #realtimechem
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Christopher Beadle (@TopherBeadle) April 24, 2013
To the folks at Nottingham, I’m pretty sure that shouldn’t happen either.
Following a prep from a journal, not sure this should happen. #RealTimeChem ow.ly/kmYoQ
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MOFs@Nottingham (@NOTTs_MOF) April 24, 2013
We’ve had quite a lot of coffee, a little bit of tea. What’s that other major form of sustainence for chemists? Oh yes. Cake. Cake and journal reading. Good show Ian.
Cake from yesterday's awards ceremony while working through the synthesis of kedarcidin! #realtimechem http://t.co/OZ6SfTvVMO
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Ian (@armstri) April 24, 2013
Gold Award 
See Arr Oh gets a little creative with a Dewar flask and some colourful cable ties. Essential lab equipment can be good fun.
Neon twist ties + dewar + flash = faux lasers! #RealTimeChem http://t.co/P9NBnB9xD2
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See Arr Oh (@SeeArrOh) April 24, 2013
Dr. Neils panoramic view of your typical laboratory, except that large window. It burns us! It burns us precious!
The wonderful panoramic view of (and from) my lab. Just need the sun now! #RealTimeChem http://t.co/FW5HLSYTag
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Dr Neil (@theyakman) April 24, 2013
Suba seals, one of those little laboratory items that most chemists can’t do without. Expertly arranged by Jess. Of course we all know they are heading off to the slaughter house of the fumehood/glove box, poor piggies 😦
This little suba seal went to market.... #realtimechem http://t.co/jgOLLaXE1d
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Jess Higgins (@xjeshhax) April 24, 2013
Olivier likes to thank the little people. I’m easily amused.
At least I have the best lab technician to do my #realtimechem stuffs! Thx Pepito! http://t.co/Oh8134fjJ1
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Olivier Coste (@Olicoste) April 24, 2013
Kelly, those sure are some fine looking crystal swirls and as was pointed out but Peter, reminds me of cake icing too.
The salt from my extraction of the esterification of vanillin. Beautiful blue crystal swirls. #realtimechem http://t.co/nAWYAmEG6A
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Kelly McGuire (@KellyisBG) April 24, 2013
Chemical and Engineering news get in on the action, by showing us just how they go about putting those wonderful magazines together. That pin board has seen many an issue. Fun insight into another world within chemistry.
Hard at work on the Apr. 29 issue: ow.ly/i/1XHhD #RealTimeChem
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C&EN (@cenmag) April 24, 2013
Eric has tweeted a lot this week. A busy tweeter, summed up by a busy shot. Just sums up a typical day in the chemical lab really 🙂
Time to purify the bright yellow stuff. Filtering before HPLC. #realtimechem http://t.co/OcALkiOQxO
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Eric Dimise (@EJDimise) April 24, 2013
Platinum Award 
Laura Jane wins for prettiest, sparkliest crystals of the day!
Yay! Small sparkly purple crystals have started to form 🙂 Time to put this baby in the fridge! #realtimechem instagram.com/p/YfRSOmjS2E/
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Laura Jane (@laurajane0103) April 24, 2013
I’ll be straight with you didn’t even like Physical chemistry when I was having to write notes on it, but Polji’s notes are somehow a thing of beauty.
Physical chemistry notes. #realtimechem http://t.co/dbaSJMoBRV
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Polji Sanchez (@poljiology) April 24, 2013
Joaquin Barroso has been a big supporter of #RealTimeChem this week, all the way from Mexico. He’s been making the case for the computational side of chemistry, this includes some wonderful blog posts that you should check out. Here’s my favourite tweet of the day:
#RealTimeChem same as before; top view; transparent surface. Which so u like better? Compchem yields nice pics too! http://t.co/b6ZU2ROqKg
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Joaquin Barroso (@joaquinbarroso) April 24, 2013