The chemical structure of ninhydrin?

Subject: The chemical structure of ninhydrin?

Date: Sat Jul 10 06:26:51 2010
Posted by Cassie
Grade level: 10-12 School: Casimir College
City: Sydney State/Province: New South Wales Country: Australia
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 1278768411.Ch

Message:


Hi. I'm kind of confused about the chemical structure and chemical formula of the substance ninhydrin. 
The formula is C9H6O4, however its chemical structure looks like this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Ninhydrin.png
Where is the carbon? And where are the rest of the oxygens and hydrogens? I know this may be a 
stupid question, but I'm really confused. I'm doing an assignment that involves the reaction of ninhydrin 
and amino acids and it would help if I actually understood how the chemical structure worked...
Thanks heaps.

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