It’s my first time to complete an organic reaction and
obtain a satisfactory product, after two days of trials and errors. I never
knew that it takes to many steps, each requiring stringent execution, to
replace a simple amino group with a protecting group on glucose. The word ‘glucose’
has also been given a new definition. It is no longer only synonymous to sugar
and sweets or energy-generating material. To be more precise, it’s more like a
blank sheet of paper on which different colors can be added to give it
different kind of meaning. What I did today was just making it hydrophobic for
the benefit of my future experiment, yet it has already brought me so much excitement.
I can wait to move on to the next step.
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