Theobromine Research Paper

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Theobromine 3,7-dimethylpurine-2,6-dione, more commonly known as theobromine is an alkaloid. Theobromine gets its name from Theobroma which is comprised of two Greek words, theo (god) and broma (food). It is composed of carbon, oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen atoms, the molecular formula being C7H8N4O2. All these atoms together produce a molecular weight of 180.167g/mol. Theobromine has a hexagonal part and a pentagonal part connected by two carbons with a double bond between them. The interior angles for the hexagonal portion are all 120. There are two ketones on the second and sixth atom’s, both are carbons because they are carbonyl groups. They both form 120 angles with their respective carbons. Also on the hexagonal part is a hydrogen attached to a nitrogen bonded at an angle of 107 up (not on the same plane) because of the lone pair of electrons. Both the hexagonal and pentagonal part have a methylpurine group on atoms 3 and 7 which are both nitrogen causing them to have a bond angle of 107 up (not on the same plane) because of the lone pair of electrons. These two groups have a tetrahedral shape making all the angle around the carbon to be …show more content…

The interior angles of the pentagonal portion of theobromine are 108 except for the nitrogen, with a signal bond to a carbon and a double bond to another carbon, which has an angle of 104.5 because it is

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