CENtral Science

More chemical artwork

One of the best things about writing Newscripts is the interaction you get with readers.  This week’s column about art inspired by chemistry prompted Jim Rybka, a chemist who retired three years ago and has been working with stained glass, to write in.

“Since I worked for Eli Lilly & Company and worked on two molecules that made it to market, I decided to make art pieces of tadalafil (Cialis) and prasugrel HCl (Effient) since they were important structures to me,” he writes. As a proof of concept, Rybka also made a glassy version of theobromine a compound found in chocolate. He sent us a photograph:

Speaking of photographs, I hope all you chemistry shutterbugs have been gathering your work for C&EN’s photo contest. I can’t wait to see how chemists capture their art on camera.