Question

in a (great) Family Guy episode, Quahog experiences a rash of "toad lickers." This episode is based on an observed phenomena: the skin of the Ecuadorian poison frog E. tricolor is coated with an oil comprised largely of epibatidine, a compound with several times the analgesic potency of morphine. Identify all of the basic nitrogen atoms in the molecule and indicate any chiral centers in the molecule. (7 points)

Answer 1

According to concept of Lewis basicity, base can donate lone pair of electrons.

Choral centers are those centers at which four different groups are attached .

Given structure SI-2 is - ce 0 Basic Nitrogens In the given structure the two ~ are basic. Because their lone pair is not involved in resonance. Hence can act as base. a chiral centre- H There are 4 chiral centres N is chiral as it ý attached with four different groups ( include lone pair) Caubon labled a is chiral as two groups are different and carbon labelled b a c Shows configutation S HR eespectively. . So it shows configuration Hence can show chirality.