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This article is from the Coffee and Caffeine FAQ, by Alex Lopez-Ortiz with numerous contributions by others.

1.5. Where can I find a gif of the caffeine molecule?

Caffeine = 1,3,7-Trimethylxanthine

A different view of the caffeine molecule.

The Department of Chemistry at Jamaica of the University of Western
Indies has made available an avi and an mpeg of a rotation of the
caffeine molecule, among other molecules and chemical processes. The
index page contains more information and the links to the clips.

                    CH3
                     |
                     N
                    / \
              N----C   C==O
             ||   ||   |
             ||   ||   |
             CH    C   N--CH3
               \  / \ /
                N    C
                |   ||
               CH3   O

There is a gif picture at the wuarchive.wustl.edu ftp site or any of
its mirror sites under

multimedia/images/gif/c

caffeine

Theobromine is also a common component of coffee, tea, chocolate, and
mate (particularly in these last two).



Theobromine

                    CH3
                     |
                     N
                    / \
              N----C   C==O
             ||   ||   |
             ||   ||   |
             CH    C   N--H
               \  / \ /
                N    C
                |   ||
               CH3   O

Theophylline was once thought to be a major component of tea. This is
not correct. Tea contains significantly more amounts of caffeine than
of theophylline.

Theophylline

                    CH3
                     |
                     N
                    / \
              N----C   C==O
             ||   ||   |
             ||   ||   |
             CH    C   N--CH3
               \  / \ /
                N    C
                |   ||
                H    O

 

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