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.

"Oxidation"

Levi Morris, Anouchka Coste

Song: "Exodus"

Artist: Bob Marley

Oxidation: Movement of the O-twos! 0-0-0, yea-eah!

Many Hydgoren will fight ya down (Tell me why!) When they see O-twos. (Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!) Let me tell you if you're not wrong; (Then, why?) Reduction is all right.

So we gonna oxidize - all right! -and form an addition: so here is the oxidation (Tell me why!)

(also through halogenations) also through halogenations.

Oxidation, all right! Movement of O-twos! Oh, yeah! 0-00, yeah! All right!

Oxidation: Movement ofBr2! Oh, yeah!

Yeah-yeah-yeah, well!

Uh! Open your bonds and add PCC:

Are you satisfied (with your alcohol)? Uh! We know what we're adding, uh!

We know what we're making.

We're leaving the alcohol,

We're going to an aldehyde.

2, 3, 4:0xidation: movement of O-twos! Oh, yeah! (Movement of O-twos!) Send us another alcohol (Movement of O-twos Form formaldehyde! (Movement ofO-twos!) Send us another alcohol! (Movement of O-twos!) Form aldehyde! Movement of O-twos

/Instrumental break!

Oxidation, all right! Oo-oo-ooh! Oo-ooh! Movement of O-twos! Oh, yeah! Oxidation!