Exam 18: Amines and Neurotransmitters

Lobeline (structure shown)is a natural alkaloid found in a number of plants including "Indian tobacco" (Lobelia inflata)and "Devil's tobacco" (Lobelia tupa). Lobeline has been used as a smoking cessation aid. How many trigonal planar carbon atoms are in lobeline?

Which does not occur as a result of the release of epinephrine?

Histamine is a bronchodilator.

Coniine, shown below, is an alkaloid extracted from poison hemlock. How is this nitrogen-containing compound most appropriately classified?

Only ammonium salts with less than six carbon atoms are water soluble.

Strychnine (structure shown)is a very toxic alkaloid used as a pesticide. There are two amine groups in strychnine.

What is the name of the class of compounds with the general formula of R₄N⁺ X^-?

The following acid-base reaction occurs when piperidine is dissolved in water.

A water-insoluble amine can be converted to a water-soluble ammonium salt by treatment with a/an_____.

The compounds 1-pentanamine, 2-pentanamine, and 3-methyl-2-pentanamine are all classified as primary amines.

Which statement is not true?

What are the products in the acid-base reaction shown below?

The conversion of an amine to an ammonium salt is an irreversible process.

Methylphenidate (Ritalin)is a drug used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Which type of nitrogen heterocycle is present in methylphenidate?

In an acid-base reaction of an amine, the amine nitrogen always forms a new bond to a proton forming a/an_____ ion.

Methylphenidate (Ritalin)is a drug used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Which type of nitrogen heterocycle is present in methylphenidate?

Which compound has the highest boiling point?

Common names are generally used for simple amines.

Which amine has the lowest boiling point?

Heptylamine is the common name for 1-heptanamine.