In reading the tragic tale of Sheharbano (Sheri) Sangji's death resulting from a series of events culminating in the ignition of the pyrophoric reagent tert-butyllithium, I saw several valid points ...
LOS ANGELES—Until Sheri Sangji’s screams split the calm, Dec. 29, 2008, was a subdued day in the UCLA Molecular Sciences Building. Campus was mostly deserted for Christmas break. Sangji was working on ...
On Dec. 29, 2008, Sheharbano “Sheri” Sangji was working on a chemical synthesis in a lab at the University of California, Los Angeles. One of the reagents she was using was tert-butyllithium (t-BuLi), ...