Analytical & Environmental Chemistry Division

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

...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?

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.

Original Message:
Sent: 21-05-2025 13:03
From: Daniel Turner
Subject: Molecular Structures on the ABC News – 2,3,3,4-Tetramethyl-1-hexene & 2-Methyl-1-butene

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

...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?

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