ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Diimide

Okay, imagine you have a toy car that you can make go really fast by winding it up. But instead of using a toy car, let's think about molecules that scientists use to study chemicals in a lab. One of those molecules is called diimide.

Diimide is like the wind up key for the molecules in the lab. It helps them get really excited, just like winding up the toy car. When molecules are excited, they can do certain things that they wouldn't be able to do otherwise, like react with other molecules to make new substances.

But, just like with the toy car, you don't want to wind up the molecules too much or they might crash and break. That's why scientists have to be really careful when using diimide in their experiments. They have to use just the right amount to get the molecules excited but not too much that they break.

So, in short, diimide is a molecule that helps scientists make other molecules excited so that they can study and make new substances, but it has to be used carefully like winding up a toy car.