What is the heterocyclic amine in ritalin?

1 Answer
Jul 20, 2018

Is this not a piperidine derivative...?

Explanation:

And piperidine is a 6-membered, heterocyclic base...

...en.wikipedia.org

And we try to find the structure of ritalin…

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Where are the chiral carbons in this structure? I count TWO such. I do not know whether they prescribe a PARTICULAR isomer....possibly not..