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  • 1.  Molecular Structures on the ABC News – 2,3,3,4-Tetramethyl-1-hexene & 2-Methyl-1-butene

    Posted 21-05-2025 13:03

    Reporting on the ongoing triple murder trial of Erin Patterson included some tantalising chemical structures depicted in the background on the ABC News...

    Background of image has a collection of molecular structures that are wholly unrelated to death cap mushrooms

    ...I wonder if anyone knows what might have motivated the choice of these molecules, which appears to include 2,3,3,4-tetramethyl-1-hexene & 2-methyl-1-butene?



  • 2.  RE: Molecular Structures on the ABC News – 2,3,3,4-Tetramethyl-1-hexene & 2-Methyl-1-butene

    Posted 21-05-2025 17:36

    The ABC could have looked at Wikipedia to come up with α-amanitin, one of the amotoxins: 
    - which actually looks quite flash. They were probably looking for something a bit sciencey, and asked Chat GPT to help out.



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  • 3.  RE: Molecular Structures on the ABC News – 2,3,3,4-Tetramethyl-1-hexene & 2-Methyl-1-butene

    Posted 21-05-2025 17:45
    Edited by Daniel Turner 22-05-2025 15:27

    Actually, taking a closer look, I think they might have used α-amanitin's structure...

    ...it just might be missing all of the oxygen, nitrogen, and sulphur atoms?!


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