Cytosine
Properties
- Molecular formula
- C4H5N3O
- Molar mass
- 111.10 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 111.0433 Da
- Melting point
- 322.5 °C (decomposes)
- logP
- -0.41Crippen estimate
- Polar surface area
- 72.8 Ų
- H-bond donors / acceptors
- 3 / 3
- Rotatable bonds
- 0
Hazards
Warning
- H315 Causes skin irritation86.4% of notifiers
- H319 Causes serious eye irritation86.4% of notifiers
- H335 May cause respiratory irritation84.7% of notifiers
Aggregated from 59 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.
Precautionary statements
P261, P264, P264+P265, P271, P280, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P319, P321, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P403+P233, P405, P501
Identifiers
CAS number
71-30-7SMILES
N=c1ccnc(O)[nH]1InChIKey
OPTASPLRGRRNAP-UHFFFAOYSA-NInChI
InChI=1S/C4H5N3O/c5-3-1-2-6-4(8)7-3/h1-2H,(H3,5,6,7,8)Weigh it out
Type any one amount. The others follow from the molar mass.
Names and synonyms
12 names
- 2(1H)-Pyrimidinone, 6-amino-
- 2(1H)-Pyrimidinone, 4-amino-
- 6-Amino-2(1H)-pyrimidinone
- 4-Amino-2-hydroxypyrimidine
- 4-Amino-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyrimidine
- 4-Amino-2(1H)-pyrimidinone
- Cytosinimine
- 4-Aminouracil
- NSC 27787
- 4-Amino-1H-pyrimidin-2-one
- Cytosines
- 2-Hydroxy-4-pyrimidinamine
Work with Cytosine
Similar compounds
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5-Bromocytosine2240-25-739 % similar
5-Methylcytosine554-01-839 % similar
1,3-Dihydro-2H-imidazol-2-one5918-93-439 % similar
6-Amino-5-iodo-2(1H)-pyrimidinone1122-44-738 % similar
Flucytosine2022-85-738 % similar
Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue. All similar compounds