Purine
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IUPAC name
9H-purine
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Purines include two of the bases in DNA and RNA.
A purine is a heterocyclic aromatic organic compound. It is a pyrimidine ring fused to an imidazole ring. Purines are the most widely occurring nitrogen-containing heterocycles in nature.[1]
Purines and pyrimidines are the two groups of nitrogenous bases, and the two groups of nucleotide bases.
Purines
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ Rosemeyer H. 2004. Chemistry & biodiversity. 1, 361.
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Indole |
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Phenethylamine |
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Purine |
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Pyridine |
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Pyrrolidine | |
Quinoline | |
Isoquinoline | |
Tropane | |
Terpenoid |
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Betaines |
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Simple aromatic rings | |||||||||||||
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1 ring |
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2 rings |
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