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The drug tegamet is :

A

Histamine

Histamine: imidazole ring with a CH2CH2NH2 side chain.

B

Ranitidine

Ranitidine: furan ring with CH2NMe2 and CH2-S-CH2CH2-NH-C(=CHNO2)-NHMe.

C

Cimetidine

Cimetidine: methylimidazole ring with CH2-S-CH2CH2-NH-C(=N-CN)-NHCH3.

D

Terfenadine

Terfenadine: 4-tert-butylphenyl-CH(OH)-(CH2)3- on a piperidine nitrogen; the piperidine 4-position carries C(OH)Ph2.

Answer and worked solution

Official answer: C

Tagamet is cimetidine, the imidazole with a cyanoguanidine side chain.

(C)

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