molecules that contain nitrate
Nitrogen is a constituent of molecules in every major pharmacological drug class, including antibiotics. Many drugs are mimics or prodrugs of natural nitrogen-containing signal molecules: for example, the organic nitrates nitroglycerin and nitroprusside control blood pressure by being metabolized to nitric oxide.itrogen is present in all known living organisms, in proteins, nucleic acids, and other molecules. It typically makes up around 4% of the dry weight of plant matter, and around 3% of the weight of the human body.
The size of a phosphorus atom also interferes with its ability to form double bonds to other elements, such as oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur. As a result, phosphorus tends to form compounds that contain two P-O single bonds where nitrogen would form an N=O double bond.Nitrogen forms the nitrate, NO 3 - , ion, for example, in which it has an oxidation number of +5.he chemistry of nitrogen is dominated by the ease with which nitrogen atoms form double and triple bonds. A neutral nitrogen atom contains five valence electrons: 2 s 2 2 p 3.