Record Information
Version1.0
StatusDetected and Quantified
Creation Date2021-11-18 00:04:52 UTC
Update Date2024-04-30 19:45:30 UTC
Metabolite IDMMDBc0030352
Metabolite Identification
Common NamePyrimidine
DescriptionPyrimidine is a heterocyclic aromatic organic compound similar to benzene and pyridine, containing two nitrogen atoms at positions 1 and 3 of the six-member ring. (Wikipedia ) The group of compounds called pyrimidines are heterocyclic, six-membered, nitrogen-containing carbon ring structures, with uracil, cytosine and thymine being the basal structures of ribose-containing nucleosides (uridine, cytidine and thymidine respectively), or deoxyribose-containing deoxynucleosides, and their corresponding ribonucleotides or deoxyribonucleotides. Pyrimidines serve essential functions in metabolism as ribonucleotide bases in RNA (uracil and cytosine), and as deoxyribonucleotide bases in DNA (cytosine and thymine), and are linked by phosphodiester bridges to purine nucleotides in double-stranded DNA. Pyrimidines are synthesized de novo from simple precursors. (PMID 16098809 )
Structure
Synonyms
ValueSource
1,3-DiazinChEBI
1,3-DiazineChEBI
m-DiazineChEBI
MetadiazineChEBI
PyrimidinChEBI
Pyrimidine baseChEBI
1,3-DiazabenzeneHMDB
MiazineHMDB
PYHMDB
PYRHMDB
Pyrimidine dimerHMDB
Molecular FormulaC4H4N2
Average Mass80.088
Monoisotopic Mass80.037448138
IUPAC Namepyrimidine
Traditional Namepyrimidine
CAS Registry Number25247-63-6
SMILES
C1=CN=CN=C1
InChI Identifier
InChI=1S/C4H4N2/c1-2-5-4-6-3-1/h1-4H
InChI KeyCZPWVGJYEJSRLH-UHFFFAOYSA-N