Hey, dude, thanks for writing! I could swear (so to speak) You sat next to me on an 11 hour airplane flight not too long ago and tried to strike up a similar conversation. I apologize for being too engrossed in the latest Dawkins book.
However, we encountered a similar structural riddle in need of interpretation recently. Depicted on this link is our best guess at the Transition-State structure. I believe you will be especially taken by the leaving group, although I cannot vouch for the orientation and its subsequent trajectory: http://xanana.ucsc.edu/scottlab/the_moment_of_creation.jpg Hope this helps. PS: I had an undergraduate in the lab recently who was working on a homologue to your project. Unfortunately he was denied entry to graduate school. His grades were quite good, but I hear he got nailed on the boards. Jesus Christiano wrote: > Hello My Friends, > > I hope you are all enjoying the Sabbath on this first day of April. > > I have recently been struggling to understand the meaning of my structure > and now I am looking for guidance. After a long period aimlessly wandering > through dense regions of ambiguity, I have of late been inspired with > profound clarity. > > First, I should enlighten you about my structure. I believe that is one > that > promises great hope for all people. However, I have not been without my > detractors, for many have lost faith in its absolute value to humanity. > > My question is about the nature of a strange and wonderful positive > density > I have found. It seems to be coordinated by a trinity of bonds--yet > otherwise floats mystically in a heavenly fashion. I do not fully > understand > it though somehow I know that it holds the key to my perpetual happiness. > > I must confess that resurrecting this project has been trying. I have been > tempted to seek another path many times, often posessed with thoughts of > worldly acquisition. But if I can not see the light that this density > offers, a comittee will crucify me, rendering salvation of my thesis > difficult without divine intervention. Such a sacrifice I can not make > without grave consideration. > > I have put an image of this strange density here: > > http://strangedensity.blogspot.com/ > > Please, if anyone can provide guidance, I will be eternally grateful. > > Peace be with you, > Jesus H. Christiano >
