Identifying Chemical/Pharmaceutical Structures: Tips and Tricks - tIA

[nubee]

what is this structure??

Can anyone help in the identification of this chemical / pharmaceutical structure, tIA...

 

[Renge Ishyo]

What are you asking for? The name of the structure?

 

[nubee]

well, either the drug name (if you know it) or the chemical name (like C18 H21 N3 O5 etc)
I can't figure it out! Thanks

 

[Renge Ishyo]

The chemical formula you have provided is correct for the number of C's, N's, and O's, but the number of H's is wrong (it is not 21). I don't want to give the name directly because this smells like a homework question...but I can confirm if you have the right formula when you get there.

 

[nubee]

thks anyway, I've figured it out it's bambuterol! so the H=29??

 

[Renge Ishyo]

Correct

 

[nubee]

tbh got the answer on another forum, but how do you work out the no of hydrogens, got abit confused, it's been a while since i studied this stuff!

 

[Renge Ishyo]

Make sure there are 4 bonds attached to each carbon. If there aren't 4 bonds attached to a carbon then "add hydrogens" to that carbon until it has 4 bonds.

 

[nubee]

oh yeah, now it's all coming back to me. Thanks again for your help! :)