
Cytosine
Cytosine is an aminopyrimidine that is pyrimidin-2-one having the amino group located at position 4. It has a role as a mouse metabolite, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite, an Escherichia coli metabolite and a human metabolite. It is a pyrimidine nucleobase, a pyrimidone and an aminopyrimidine. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- 6-amino-1H-pyrimidin-2-one
- Molecular formula
- C4H5N3O
- Molecular weight
- 111.10 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 111.043261792 Da
- XLogP3
- -1.7
- Topological polar surface area
- 67.5 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 2
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 2
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:16040
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL15913
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID4044456
- PubMed:23101657
- PubMed:23098078
- PubMed:23075701
- PubMed:23073584
- PubMed:23067126
- PubMed:23044366
- PubMed:23032709
- PubMed:23028748
- PubMed:23019171
- PubMed:23018623
- PubMed:23015417
- PubMed:23000573
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