nelsonB
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Caffeine Analog
Hi
i was looking into the synthesis of caffeine
that require dimethylurea
I was thinking thiourea is similar to urea
dimethylthiourea could be used
to make something like thiocaffeine
such that
http://oi39.tinypic.com/2v30r9k.jpg
i already readed something about 6-thiocaffeine
do anyone here have something to say about that ?
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Shouldn't it be either 2-thiocaffeine or 9-thiocaffeine instead? Probably a thiation similar to that of ketones should be OK to prepare this compound.
there may be bugs in gfind
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