Chemistry Songs

Project Overview

These songs were written and performed by students in Dr. Otto Phanstiel's Organic Chemistry I and II Classes, starting in 1999, and still singing.

"Hydroboration song"

Anthony Espinoza, Ryan Hugh, Ashley Edwards, Laura Naleway, Yarenis Fernandez, Blanca Falaverjani

Song: "Love Song"

Artist: Sara Bareilles

Four Carbon Alkene
And they tell me
To add borane for a while
Leaving gets harder, even I know that
Made room for me; but it's too soon to see
If I'm happy in your bonds
I'm unusually hard to hold on to

THF and Borane
There's the easy way to do this
We mean well, we add to the double bond

I'm not gonna give you a hydroxide
'cause you asked for it
'cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna give you a hydroxide
'cause you tell me it's
Make or break in this
It's the only way
I'm not gonna beg you to stay
If all you have is leavin',
Imma need a H2O2, hydroxide
To give you an OH (today)

I learned the hard way
That they all go
The Anti-markov way
And my HOO- looks and replaces the big B
B You're really freaky
You trans-form
You are not what I thought you were
From nuc to eletrophile

Convinced me to form here
Made me think that I need this too
I tried to hydrate you with all that I am

I'm not gonna give you a hydroxide
'cause you asked for it
'cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna give you a hydroxide
'cause you tell me it's
Make or break in this
It's the only way
I'm not gonna beg you to stay
If all you have is leavin',
Imma need a H2O2, hydroxide
To give you an OH today