Coffee and caffeine have become quite the topic of interest in the last few years. Check out this article to find out just what caffeine is.
Caffeine and Decaffeination
Caffeine is a one of the major components that can be found within coffee, tea and some other consumable products. Caffeine is a white substance which is odourless and bitter.Caffeine is also known as 1, 3, 7-Trimethylxanthine.But it has its IUPAC name named as 1, 3, 7-trimethylpurine-2,6-dione.
Caffeine
It is very interesting to study how caffeine is produced in nature. Purine or purine ring based compounds can be seen in many organisms in biological world. Among those compounds xanthine plays one of the major roles. When xanthine is methylated by methyl groups; compounds such as caffeine and theobromine are created. Caffeine is more like to be found in tea and coffee whereas cocoa is the best plane to find theobromine. Theobromine also is a xanthine alkaloid which is bitter, white and odourless as same as caffeine.
The chemical structure of purine (purine ring) is given below.
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