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Space-filling model of the caffeine molecule, the world's most widely consumed psychoactive drug.

Atom positions based on crystallographic data (see source).

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Carbon, C: black
Hydrogen, H: white
Nitrogen, N: blue
Oxygen, O: red
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Crystallographic data from P. Derollez, N. T. Correia, F. Danède, F. Capet, F. Affouard, J. Lefebvre and M. Descamps. “Ab initio structure determination of the high-temperature phase of anhydrous caffeine by X-ray powder diffraction”. Acta Cryst. (2005). B 61 , 329-334. DOI:10.1107/S010876810500546X

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