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Here are some new lines of poetry
That speak of history and chemistry
And may also be understood, as prefatory
About Struct. Chem., and me
Many, oh so many, years ago
Istvan Hargittai, Art Greenberg and I
Were invited for a new journal start, and so
While Istvan and Art immediately said “aye!”
All waited and waited for my reply
Eventually, I said “no, with many reasons why”
But acceding to Istvan’s and Art’s wishes
Along with those of the publishers
I’d be a consulting editor, and also
I would have my own column, which we know
As “Paradigms and Paradoxes” (PnP)
And so, the pair of “docs” now was more like three
And with many coauthors so joining me
All part of the evolution of Structural Chemistry
I’ve written numerous reviews and series
And many primary studies are found therein
Many contributions to “my column”
Combining, interweaving experiments and theories
With an abbreviated list, let me begin
With “Interplay of Thermochemistry and Structural Chemistry, the Journal and the Discipline”
And also papers on resonance energies, ambisaline
carbonyl compounds, and distorted olefins
compound names, amides, ions and astatine
Here is a journal in which I’ve proudly published many times
And with that, awaiting and writing more, I end my current rhymes
Joel (Liebman), (Professor and Poet)
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Liebman, J.F. Structural Chemistry, a brief memory. Struct Chem (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11224-024-02350-0
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