His article on chlorine trifluoride was an absolute classic as well, and some of his articles make me very glad I don't live anywhere near Dr. Klapötke's lab.

The FOOF article pointed out one other nasty problem, namely, how easy it is to game search systems:

"But I do note that if you run the structure through SciFinder, it comes out with a most unexpected icon that indicates a commercial supplier. That would be the Hangzhou Sage Chemical Company. They offer it in 100g, 500g, and 1 kilo amounts, which is interesting, because I don’t think a kilo of dioxygen difluoride has ever existed. Someone should call them on this – ask for the free shipping, and if they object, tell them Amazon offers it on this item. Serves ’em right. Morons."

Given how often I come across spammy search results in Google, I guess I shouldn't be too surprised.

Yeah, the (usually Chinese) spammy chemical suppliers have an interesting selection. I've seen several offering to sell you 99% pure isopropane, which is a bit like offering a RESTful service that keeps track of state on the server.

Somebody really needs to place an order for some of this stuff and see what happens.

Given that a number of tests listed beforehand are with compounds that have their own "won't work with" articles, yeah one do wonder about the sanity of the chemist behind the paper.

> very glad I don't live anywhere near Dr. Klapötke's lab.

I do. If I ever hear a huge explosion followed by a smoke column north of the city center, I know what my first suspicion will be.