Identifying a Molecule - C8H8N4O2

[DaveC426913]

Just saw a molecule on TV. It was a tattoo. Want to identify it.


C₈H₈N₄O₂

Is there a way of researching it?

Or I guess I can just give up and ask...

 

[DaveC426913]

Update: it is extremely close to caffeine.

 

[DaveC426913]

Update update:

It's chocolate.

I am astonished that an hour of searching online never once turned that up. Incredible.

My wife found it in three minutes.

 

[Ygggdrasil]

Are you referring to theobromine? Because the structures are slightly different (although I imagine they were aiming to have theobromine on the tattoo).

 

[Mike H]

Of general interest for future use: ChemSpider is a free chemical database that you can search a number of different ways (structure, formula, common names, and so on).

In particular - I searched for this particular compound (which is, as Ygggdrasil notes, is probably meant to be theobromine) - wasn't able to find an exact match (and the skeleton match was taking forever. Or the window just timed out and didn't update me).

 

[DaveC426913]

Yes. The "chocolate molecule". It was on a desserts cooking show.