Alyx Woodward (obsolete) @Alyx@computerfairi.es

the benzyl alcohol in question, 2-amino-5-bromobenzyl alcohol, is obtained from the corresponding benzoic acid via lithium aluminium hydride reduction in tetrahydrofuran. bleah! LAH isn't fun stuff. reacts explosively with water, and in fact the moisture from air is capable of setting the stuff on fire

but the TEMPO oxidation is straightforward. other oxidizing reagents might be expected to attack the aniline ring (aminobenzenes or anilines are notoriously sensitive to oxidation)

oh I haven't done _Organic Syntheses_ roulette.

hm, nothing matches 7667

but 5727 matched two articles! here's the first one

http://orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?prep=v90p0240

while back I talked a bit about a class of reagents based on a substance nicknamed "TEMPO", or 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyl-1-oxyl radical, a stable nitroxyl radical compound that is the basis for a family of oxidation reactions in organic synthesis

this is one such reaction, using TEMPO in an oxidation of a benzyl alcohol to a benzaldehyde

bleh, anyway

central figure is the new improved Lomax, in anime garb, the lozenge sending rays of light out in the form of an X, dividing up the page

to their left, Prof. Rodgers with the wooden box

to their right, two figures...parents perhaps? the better-seen figure definitely looks like mom. (we've got a weird memory when it comes to faces cos of the aphantasia thing)

ok, we're at a title card, basically

https://www.parallaxcomic.com/comic/end-of-chapter-one

"end of chapter one" although the subtitle says "0: Up Is The Only Way" so maybe that was really chapter zero? haha

a signature says "M. Falke". got no idea who that is even though I've met at least a couple of the people who've worked on this

we've all had like, twenty names apiece at least

all of us in involved in this goddamn tire fire

page thirty-two

https://www.parallaxcomic.com/comic/page-32

Lomax hides in the bathroom again, squatting with both butt and feet on the toilet bowl lid (you know I don't think any of us has ever done that, sat on the toilet completely off the ground, but I won't swear to it)

Lomax looks like utter hell

they dial the number (which I DID dial myself btw, although I was pretty sure it was invalid, and it was)

"Mr. Rogers?" (again it's wrong) "I need help"

@troubleMoney something that filtered into here from twitter, it's ridiculous

(btw I double checked the number, it's not a legit one, too many digits and the first digits don't match a known country code)

flashback time: Lomax remembers Prof. Rodgers holding out the little wooden box and saying, "if you really want to change, this might be useful. you can talk to me."

hm

"Mr. Rogers!" says Lomax. ("Rogers", note, not "Rodgers". another slip?) unsteadily the kid fumbles for the slip of paper with a phone number

okay, we're feeling a bit better now

page thirty-one

https://www.parallaxcomic.com/comic/page-31

nice page layout here, with a horizontal strip in the middle used to illustrate a flashback

Lomax is at wit's end. they try to pull off the strange new outfit and it won't come off (I always wonder about that stuff, with tokusatsu outfits...like, do the clothes even come off?)

in the bathroom mirror they look at the glowing pink lozenge now in their forehead, baffled

(we're all worked up, is the problem, it's scrambling our situational awareness a little. maybe you should take some time to lie down, Chara)

YOU DID IT TWICE

WHAT THE HECK KEL

Lomax's mom hollers out the question, "are you all right?" Lomax is not all right, and their bafflement is extreme

so is their cat's. Ramsay hisses in fright in a corner, then dashes out of the room in one bound

(btw, after Kara / Chara had somehow achieved soulbonding with all three of the Toriel kids, and was trying to relax on the couch, our cat Gibbs came up and regarded Chara from a short distance away. definitely questioning. no hissing tho)

perfection is spoiled again. page twenty-nine

https://www.parallaxcomic.com/comic/page-29

Lomax screams loud enough to be heard outside, startling a passing bird. curiously the window to his room has _two_ horizontal cross bars, not one, as seen from inside. maybe a blunder

🔴 or a different window

Lomax's collision with default reality is a rough one. apparently they collided with the floor, too; Lomax vaguely remembers floating in the air

@packbat RAEG

Chara's already out for blood on this one