Big unanswered questions in chemistry

[Anonymous No.11169656]

What are the big unanswered questions in the field of chemistry?

[Anonymous No.11169673]

>>11169656
proteins

[Anonymous No.11169676]

>>11169673
Memes aside I'm almost embarrassed with how little I know about this stupid fuckers beyond nutrition contexts

[Anonymous No.11169678]

>>11169676
The stupid fuckers*

[Anonymous No.11169692]

chemistry is so developed now that the big questions are specific to the different fields. the literature is evolving so fast, so much is being discovered by so many independent labs that "big questions" are really questions about finding efficient solutions to problems.
a few examples from different fields that come to mind:
>main group
preparation of 2D materials like black phosphorus
persistent tripet carbenes and congeners
catalysts that compete with transition metal catalysts
fundamentally new chemistries, recent examples include frustrated lewis pairs, sigma-holes, and just low valent main-group chemistry in general
>catalysis
nitrogen fixation
CO2 reduction
polymerization catalysis
depolymerization
>materials
self-assembly of molecular electronics, pretty far off it seems
earth abundant replacements for standard materials like tin-doped indium oxide, tellurides, etc.
self-healing materials, soft electronics

chemistry is all around us, none of it is hidden. Physics tends to deal with things on the extremes of reality, chemistry is more practical. I honestly think it's sad that both sides don't appreciate each other enough.

[Anonymous No.11169834]

>>11169656
bump

[Anonymous No.11169845]

What's the most hellishly unstable molecule we can synthesize? That's the real question.

[Anonymous No.11169856]

>>11169845

[Anonymous No.11169864]

>>11169856
that can be synthesized, brainlet

[Anonymous No.11169876]

>>11169864
you can be synthesized

[Anonymous No.11170005]

>>11169692
>I honestly think it's sad that both sides don't appreciate each other enough.
That's a phat mood my dude. I'm minoring in chemistry with my physics major just because I love chemistry. It's a good deal.

Btw, what are some good experiments/projects/whatever I can do with what I'm learning in general chem? I'm only a first year so I don't know much but by general chem 3 I should have enough knowledge to make whatever I need.

My inner mad scientist is telling me to seek the alchemist's aesthetic and make poisons/draughts but idk how realistic that is.

Please give me some ideas.

[Anonymous No.11170006]

>>11170005
and I'm not talking about stuff like experiments that they run in class making boring shit like vinegar volcanoes or some shit. I want real, interesting, and challenging things.

[Anonymous No.11170007]

>>11169656
Why cooking drugs is illegal and they intercept ordering a glassware, so it's done in fekal fetish plastic conditions.

[Anonymous No.11170010]

>>11169656
Why EU separates trash by people if they can do it by density?

[Anonymous No.11170013]

>>11170005
Just google of what you can do with rhodium... It's wonderful substance.

Rhodium Vault.

[Anonymous No.11170014]

>>11169692
>the big questions in chemistry are engineering problems

[Anonymous No.11170018]

>>11170013
>Rhodium Vault.
Not interested in drugs thanks.
Fuck aaaaaaaallll that.

[Anonymous No.11170021]

>>11170018
Dude, like really, have you ever seen alloyic properties of rhodium? I told you vault.