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Title: Morphine Chemical Equation
Post by: MetalKirby on April 03, 2006, 12:08:18 AM

I know that the chemical formula for morhpine is C17H19NO3 but what is the chemical equation to get this?

Thanks AWKS, that was what I needed.

Title: Re:Morphine Chemical Equation
Post by: mike on April 03, 2006, 12:29:00 AM

What do you mean by the chemical equation to get this? Do you mean how do you make morphine? Or do you want to know the structure?

Title: Re:Morphine Chemical Equation
Post by: MetalKirby on April 03, 2006, 12:35:31 AM

How to make it.

Like something + something yields something.

The question is "How is this organic compound synthesized (chemical equation)"

Title: Re:Morphine Chemical Equation
Post by: Yggdrasil on April 03, 2006, 12:51:24 AM

In the body, morphine is derrived from the neurotransmitter, dopamine, in a complex serries of reactions.  So I'm afraid it's much more complcated than A + B --> Morphine.  For more information see here:

http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iubmb/enzyme/reaction/alkaloid/morphine.html

Title: Re:Morphine Chemical Equation
Post by: mike on April 03, 2006, 01:09:01 AM

Are you given any starting materials that you can use or do you just have to find any synthesis?

Title: Re:Morphine Chemical Equation
Post by: AWK on April 03, 2006, 01:48:04 AM

Search JACS
http://www.chemsoc.org/chembytes/ezine/2002/walker_sep02.htm