
Adenine
Adenine is the parent compound of the 6-aminopurines, composed of a purine having an amino group at C-6. It has a role as a mouse metabolite, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite, an Escherichia coli metabolite, a human metabolite and a Daphnia magna metabolite. It is a member of 6-aminopurines and a purine nucleobase. It derives from a hydride of a 9H-purine. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- 7H-purin-6-amine
- Molecular formula
- C5H5N5
- Molecular weight
- 135.13 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 135.05449518 Da
- XLogP3
- -0.1
- Topological polar surface area
- 80.5 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 2
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 4
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:16708
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL226345
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID6022557
- PubMed:39172838
- PubMed:37245874
- PubMed:36849798
- PubMed:35753429
- PubMed:35635602
- PubMed:35038187
- PubMed:34619300
- PubMed:30854615
- PubMed:30466616
- PubMed:28866419
- PubMed:25766886
- PubMed:25766432
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