theobromine sucrose ester

English translation: Yes

00:00 Sep 16, 2005
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English term or phrase: theobromine sucrose ester
¡°Theobromine sucrose ester¡± is directly translated from Chinese. Is there a chemical which can be named as that?

In Chinese dictionaries, theobromine sometimes is translated as cocoa acid, sometimes as cocoa alkali. So actually is it an acid or an alkali?

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Jianming Sun
Local time: 19:15
Selected answer:Yes
Explanation:
Pharmaceutical Technology Buyers Guide
... Sucralfate. Sucrose. Sucrose Esters. Sucrose Octaacetate. Sudan Black B. Sudan IV. ...
Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate. Theobromine. Theophylline. Theophylline Sodium Glycinate ...
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Chemistry of Theobromine
Chocolate's Caffeine Relative

Theobromine belongs to a class of alkaloid molecules known as methylxanthines. Methylxanthines naturally occur in as many as sixty different plant species and include caffeine (the primary methlyxanthine in coffee) and theophylline (the primary methylxanthine in tea). Theobromine is the primary methylxanthine found in products of the cocoa tree, theobroma cacao.
http://chemistry.about.com/library/weekly/aa090301a.htm

So according to that, it's an alkali.
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Jack Doughty
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Explanation:
Pharmaceutical Technology Buyers Guide
... Sucralfate. Sucrose. Sucrose Esters. Sucrose Octaacetate. Sudan Black B. Sudan IV. ...
Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate. Theobromine. Theophylline. Theophylline Sodium Glycinate ...
www.advanstars-web-support.com/guides/ptech/cat15857.html

Chemistry of Theobromine
Chocolate's Caffeine Relative

Theobromine belongs to a class of alkaloid molecules known as methylxanthines. Methylxanthines naturally occur in as many as sixty different plant species and include caffeine (the primary methlyxanthine in coffee) and theophylline (the primary methylxanthine in tea). Theobromine is the primary methylxanthine found in products of the cocoa tree, theobroma cacao.
http://chemistry.about.com/library/weekly/aa090301a.htm

So according to that, it's an alkali.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:15
Native speaker of: English
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Grading comment
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Veronica Prpic Uhing: Right, cacoa is powder made from cacao seeds and theobromine is its main alkaloid (alkaline-like, the term describing any nitrogen-containing base), theobromine is soluble in boiling H2O, it is neutral,has no OH- groups but can form esters and salts
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agree  jennifer newsome (X)
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agree  Rajan Chopra
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agree  Jörgen Slet
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