Sunday, June 10, 2007

Chemistry in my life...



While reading one of my favorite non-chemistry magazines the other day, I came across the advertisement pictured above for the Lexus RX hybrid. In the closeup picture, you can see why I've decided to include it here. Whenever I see chemical information or structures in real world situations, it makes me excited that non-chemists are getting a little exposure to what I work with every day. Usually the chemistry isn't great (and sometimes it doesn't even make sense), but at least our industry is getting some recognition. Although I tried to find some connection between the structures pictured and hybrid cars, I couldn't find one. Any ideas?

7 comments:

Ψ*Ψ said...

Maybe that Xe-Br bond is about as practical as a performance hybrid? That's about all I can come up with. (I rather like the non-performance hybrids, though. Wish I were driving one.) It's still nice to see chemistry used in advertising like this. Otherwise, the only exposure the public would have to it would be, say, in nitrobenzene-flooded rivers.

Anonymous said...

Maybe the car is an hybryd because it runs on gas and/or hydroxylamine...

Anonymous said...

Hi Amanda,

Could you explain what these chemical structures actually represent?

I find it very curious that there's no relation.

Thanks!

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