Methylphenidate

=MethylPhenidate = By: Bri

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 * IUPAC Name || Methyl-2-phenyl-2-piperidin-2-ylacetate ||
 * Compound Name || Meythyl Phenidate (Ritalin) ||
 * Formula || C14H19NO2 ||
 * Molar Mass || 233.306 g/mol ||
 * Density || <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">not specified ||
 * <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Boiling Point || <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">135-137 Degrees Celsius ||
 * <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Melting Point || <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">214 Degrees Celsius ||

<span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Historical Background
<span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Decades ago, Methylphenidate was first used on lab rats. Those studies showed that the rats focused and manageable. Initially, Ritalin was used as a cure for Mohr's Syndrome. Now, this drug is used for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) along with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Ritalin sales boomed after 1980 once the National Institute of Mental Health (NHIM) acknowledged ADHD as a children's syndrome. the the 1980's and '90's, many hospitals faced lawsuits because of suicidal thoughts and fatalities as side effects.

=<span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Story of Discovery = <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">The discovery of Methylphenidate was founded in the search for a cure of Narcolepsy along with the testing for the Mohr's Syndrome cure. Yoss and Daly were the founders of the drug in the 1960's.

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<span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">3-D Model
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<span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Where Is It Found? Obtained?
<span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">MethylPhenidate is not found in nature nor on the internet.

<span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Chemical Properties/Reaction Tendencies
<span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">This Compound is an odorless, white, fine, crystalline powder. It begins to crystal from 50% alcohol.

<span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Explanation of Structure:
<span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Percent Composition By Mass <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Percent Composition By Numbers <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Methyl Phenidate has covalent bonding. Four of those are double bonds, three are between Carbons and one between Carbon and one Oxygen. Most of the bonding is with Hydrogen.
 * <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Carbon || <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">72.1% ||
 * <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Hydrogen || <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">8.2% ||
 * <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Nitrogen || <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">6% ||
 * <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Oxygen || <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">6.9% ||
 * <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Carbon || <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">38% ||
 * <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Hydrogen || <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">53% ||
 * <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Nitrogen || <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">2.8% ||
 * <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Oxygen || <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">5.6% ||

<span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">How Does It Work? Produces?
<span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">MethylPhenidate works by increasing the activity of the central nervous system. It produces an increasing alertness, combating fatigue, and improved attention. However, this may cause a person to beome over impulsive. The feeling of this could also be compared to those of cocaine. <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Ritalin is effective and safe only when used as instructed by a doctor for a legitimate disorder. When used correctly, patients who do not abuse this drug do not become addicted. Although, when abused, the rusks of binging, psychotic episodes, cardiovascular complications and severe psychological addiction may occur.

<span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Work Cited
<span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">http://www.ritalinadvisor.com/histor

<span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Methylphenidate/262000 <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v13/n4/full/nn.2506.html <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylphenidate <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">http://www.chembase.com/cbid_4158.htm <span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;">http://www.chemspider.com/Chemical-Structure.4015.html

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