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 | 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== |