Substituted tropanes: Difference between revisions

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Tropane alkaloids are molecules that contain a tropane ring in their structure.
Tropane alkaloids are molecules that contain a tropane ring in their structure.


A tropane ring is a nitrogen-containing bicyclic organic molecule, which consists of cyclohexane and pyrrolidine rings fused at carbons R<sub>1</sub> and R<sub>5</sub>. It has additional methyl substitution at R<sub>N</sub>.
A tropane ring is a nitrogen-containing bicyclic organic molecule, which consists of a piperidine and pyrrolidine ring fused at carbons R<sub>1</sub> and R<sub>5</sub>. It has additional methyl substitution at R<sub>N</sub>.


==Pharmacology==
==Pharmacology==