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Caffeine
Penicillin
Antimalarials
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The caffeine molecule shown in 3-D using JMol
Caffeine - found in both tea and coffee - is an alkaloid.
Notice the alternating carbon and nitrogen atoms (grey and blue respectively) in the two rings.
The red atoms are oxygen
(double bonds in this view)
, and the white atoms are hydrogen.
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