Chemistry Super Bowl__________________________________________________
In the spirit of the recent Super Bowl XLV, we established our very own Chemistry Super Bowl. Many of you may be familiar with football play diagrams. And many of you may be familiar with organic chemistry and biochemistry reaction mechanisms, which we personally think would make excellent, albeit unconventional, football plays. But we need your help.
Your job is to vote on the play that you think is most likely to result in a touchdown! Feel free to also send us your own idea for a chemistry reaction mechanism football play, with a brief description, and we will post it on our website! |
Which Mechanism is Most Likely to Result in a Touchdown?
Aldol Reaction: Offense begins in the flexbone formation at the line of scrimmage. The center snaps the ball to the quarterback, who passes to the wide receiver. The wide receiver rushes with the ball to achieve the first down, then passes to the halfback. The two running backs pass back and forth as they rush with the ball to the touchdown zone. |
Robinson Annulation: Offense begins in a double wingback formation. The center snaps the ball to the halfback, who passes to the right guard. The right guard rushes with the ball and then secretly transfers it to the wide receiver who has run alongside the guard down the field. The wide receiver rushes with the ball to the touchdown zone. |
Partial Regulation of Glycolysis and Gluconeogenesis: Offense begins in the T formation. The center snaps the ball to the fullback. The players spread out in a circular formation across the field, passing to each other and forming a full-ring offense/defense pattern that allows them to easily tackle any opposing player who might intercept a pass. |
Pyruvate Carboxylase, Phase 2: Offense begins in the Trips formation, but the quarterback and the wide receiver have switched places. A series of ball-passing takes place at the line of scrimmage. This results in a final pass from the quarterback to the wide receiver, who then rushes with the ball down the field. |
Pyruvate Decarboxylase: Not to be confused with the Pyruvate Carboxylase mechanism, Pyruvate Decarboxylase begins with the offense in the Wishbone formation. The center fakes a snap to the quarterback, whereas really the fullback receives the ball. The fullback passes to the tight end, who rushes with the ball down the field. In the meantime, the quarterback fakes a pass to the halfback, who then fakes a pass to the fullback (who has already passed the real ball to the tight end), and the fullback pretends to rush with the ball down the field.
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