Question

Find a reaction that theobromine participates in a draw it. Tell the type of reaction, how it is useful, and where it happens.

Answer 1

Caffeine is one of the most widely consumed, naturally occurring, mild, and central nervous system stimulants. Its synthesis, by the N-methylation (S_N2 substitution) of theobromine.

Caffeine (a methylxanthine) is a well-known compound that occurs in coffee, tea, kola nuts, mate leaves, guarana paste, cocoa beans, and other related natural products. Caffeine and theobromine (from Theobroma cacoa; theo = god, and broma = food; thus, food of the gods) are the two most abundant methylxanthines in chocolate, both of which have received considerable attention in the food and nutrition fields, in part because of the physiological effects which they elicit