Carbonyl Chemistry (to the tune of The Aggie War Hymn)

Carbonyl: It's great! It's great!
Carbonyl: It's great! It's great!
Goodbye to trigonal planarity.
Hello to tetrahedrality.
We're attacked by every nucleophile.
They are the ones who show the real lone pairs.
The electrons of lone pairs are upon us.
That is the role they play so well.
So goodbye to trigonal planarity.
We're going to attack you all so well.
-John Hogg, Jan 25, 2001


in honor of my A&M chemistry advisor Dr Hogg, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 59.