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dihydrothymine
Sign in to saveAlso known as 5-Methyl-5,6-dihydrouracil, Dihydro-5-methyl-2,4(1H,3H)-Pyrimidinedione, 5,6-Dihydrothymine, 5-Methyldihydropyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione, 5-methyl-1,3-diazinane-2,4-dione, 5-Methyl-Hydrouracil
Dihydrothymine is an intermediate in the metabolism of thymine. The enzyme dihydrouracil dehydrogenase (NAD+) converts thymine to dihydrothymine in the reaction:
Chemical data
- Formula
- C5H8N2O2
- Molecular weight
- 128.13 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 5-methyl-1,3-diazinane-2,4-dione
- SMILES
- CC1CNC(=O)NC1=O
- InChIKey
- NBAKTGXDIBVZOO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -0.6
- Polar surface area
- 58.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 128.058578
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- chemical formula
- C₅H₈N₂O₂
- canonical SMILES
- CC1CNC(=O)NC1=O
- found in taxon
- Phaseolus vulgaris
- melting point
- 264.0
- subject has role
- primary metabolite
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Dihydrothymine is an intermediate in the metabolism of thymine. The enzyme dihydrouracil dehydrogenase (NAD+) converts thymine to dihydrothymine in the reaction:
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “dihydrothymine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.