Pyrimidine

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Pyrimidine
Pyrimidine molecule
Pyrimidine molecule
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Pyrimidine[1]
Systematic IUPAC name
1,3-Diazabenzene
Other names
1,3-Diazine
m-Diazine
Identifiers
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MeSH pyrimidine
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C4H4N2/c1-2-5-4-6-3-1/h1-4H checkY
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  • InChI=1/C4H4N2/c1-2-5-4-6-3-1/h1-4H
    Key: CZPWVGJYEJSRLH-UHFFFAOYAT
  • n1cnccc1
Properties
C4H4N2
Molar mass 80.088 g mol−1
Density 1.016 g cm−3
Melting point 20 to 22 °C (68 to 72 °F; 293 to 295 K)
Boiling point 123 to 124 °C (253 to 255 °F; 396 to 397 K)
Miscible (25°C)
Acidity (pKa) 1.10[2] (protonated pyrimidine)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Pyrimidine (C4H4N2;

aromatic, heterocyclic, organic compound similar to pyridine (C5H5N).[3] One of the three diazines (six-membered heterocyclics with two nitrogen atoms in the ring), it has nitrogen atoms at positions 1 and 3 in the ring.[4]: 250  The other diazines are pyrazine (nitrogen atoms at the 1 and 4 positions) and pyridazine
(nitrogen atoms at the 1 and 2 positions).

In

nucleobases are pyrimidine derivatives: cytosine (C), thymine (T), and uracil
(U).

Occurrence and history

Pinner's 1885 structure for pyrimidine

The pyrimidine ring system has wide occurrence in nature[5] as substituted and ring fused compounds and derivatives, including the

phosphorus oxychloride.[6]
The systematic study of pyrimidines began[7] in 1884 with Pinner,[8] who synthesized derivatives by condensing ethyl acetoacetate with amidines. Pinner first proposed the name “pyrimidin” in 1885.[9] The parent compound was first prepared by Gabriel and Colman in 1900,[10] [11] by conversion of barbituric acid to 2,4,6-trichloropyrimidine followed by reduction using zinc dust in hot water.

Nomenclature

The nomenclature of pyrimidines is straightforward. However, like other heterocyclics,

hydroxyl groups yield complications since they exist primarily in the cyclic amide form. For example, 2-hydroxypyrimidine is more properly named 2-pyrimidone. A partial list of trivial names of various pyrimidines exists.[12]
: 5–6 

Physical properties

Physical properties are shown in the data box. A more extensive discussion, including spectra, can be found in Brown et al.[12]: 242–244 

Chemical properties

Per the classification by Albert[13]: 56–62  six-membered heterocycles can be described as π-deficient. Substitution by electronegative groups or additional nitrogen atoms in the ring significantly increase the π-deficiency. These effects also decrease the basicity.[13]: 437–439 

Like pyridines, in pyrimidines the π-electron density is decreased to an even greater extent. Therefore,

amino group in 2-aminopyrimidine by chlorine[14] and its reverse.[15]

Electron

pKa value for protonated pyrimidine is 1.23 compared to 5.30 for pyridine. Protonation and other electrophilic additions will occur at only one nitrogen due to further deactivation by the second nitrogen.[4]: 250  The 2-, 4-, and 6- positions on the pyrimidine ring are electron deficient analogous to those in pyridine and nitro- and dinitrobenzene. The 5-position is less electron deficient and substituents there are quite stable. However, electrophilic substitution is relatively facile at the 5-position, including nitration and halogenation.[12]
: 4–8 

Reduction in

resonance stabilization of pyrimidines may lead to addition and ring cleavage reactions rather than substitutions. One such manifestation is observed in the Dimroth rearrangement
.

Pyrimidine is also found in

photolytically decomposes into uracil under ultraviolet light.[16]

Synthesis

Pyrimidine biosynthesis creates derivatives —like orotate, thymine, cytosine, and uracil— de novo from carbamoyl phosphate and aspartate.

As is often the case with parent heterocyclic ring systems, the synthesis of pyrimidine is not that common and is usually performed by removing functional groups from derivatives. Primary syntheses in quantity involving formamide have been reported.[12]: 241–242 

As a class, pyrimidines are typically synthesized by the principal synthesis involving cyclization of β-di

pyrimidinones, and guanidines to give 2-aminopyrimidines are typical.[12]
: 149–239 

Pyrimidines can be prepared via the

carbonyls with diamines for instance the synthesis of 2-thio-6-methyluracil from thiourea and ethyl acetoacetate[18] or the synthesis of 4-methylpyrimidine with 4,4-dimethoxy-2-butanone and formamide.[19]

A novel method is by reaction of N-vinyl and N-aryl

carbonitriles under electrophilic activation of the amide with 2-chloro-pyridine and trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride:[20]

Pyrimidine synthesis (Movassaghi 2006)

Reactions

Because of the decreased basicity compared to pyridine, electrophilic substitution of pyrimidine is less facile. Protonation or alkylation typically takes place at only one of the ring nitrogen atoms. Mono-N-oxidation occurs by reaction with peracids.[4]: 253–254 

formylation, hydroxymethylation, and aminomethylation have been observed with substituted pyrimidines.[12]
: 9–13 

Nucleophilic C-substitution should be facilitated at the 2-, 4-, and 6-positions but there are only a few examples. Amination and hydroxylation have been observed for substituted pyrimidines. Reactions with Grignard or alkyllithium reagents yield 4-alkyl- or 4-aryl pyrimidine after aromatization.[12]
: 14–15 

Free radical attack has been observed for pyrimidine and photochemical reactions have been observed for substituted pyrimidines.[12]: 15–16  Pyrimidine can be hydrogenated to give tetrahydropyrimidine.[12]: 17 

Derivatives

Pyrimidine derivatives
Formula Name Structure C2 C4 C5 C6
C4H5N3O cytosine =O –NH2 –H –H
C4H4N2O2 uracil =O =O –H –H
C4H3FN2O2 fluorouracil =O =O –F –H
C5H6N2O2 thymine =O =O –CH3 –H
C4H4N2O3 barbituric acid =O =O –H =O
C5H4N2O4 orotic acid =O =O –H -COOH

Nucleotides

The pyrimidine nitrogen bases found in DNA and RNA.

Three nucleobases found in nucleic acids, cytosine (C), thymine (T), and uracil (U), are pyrimidine derivatives:

Chemical structure of cytosine
Chemical structure of cytosine
Chemical structure of thymine
Chemical structure of thymine
Chemical structure of uracil
Chemical structure of uracil
Cytosine (C)
Thymine (T)
Uracil (U)

In

purines adenine (A) and guanine
(G) pair up with the pyrimidines thymine (T) and cytosine (C), respectively.

In RNA, the complement of adenine (A) is uracil (U) instead of thymine (T), so the pairs that form are adenine:uracil and guanine:cytosine.

Very rarely, thymine can appear in RNA, or uracil in DNA, but when the other three major pyrimidine bases are represented, some minor pyrimidine bases can also occur in

nucleic acids. These minor pyrimidines are usually methylated versions of major ones and are postulated to have regulatory functions.[21]

These hydrogen bonding modes are for classical Watson–Crick base pairing. Other hydrogen bonding modes ("wobble pairings") are available in both DNA and RNA, although the additional 2′-hydroxyl group of RNA expands the configurations, through which RNA can form hydrogen bonds.[22]

Theoretical aspects

In March 2015,

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), the most carbon-rich chemical found in the universe, may have been formed in red giants or in interstellar dust and gas clouds.[23][24][25]

Prebiotic synthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides

In order to understand how life arose, knowledge is required of the chemical pathways that permit formation of the key building blocks of life under plausible prebiotic conditions. The RNA world hypothesis holds that in the primordial soup there existed free-floating ribonucleotides, the fundamental molecules that combine in series to form RNA. Complex molecules such as RNA must have emerged from relatively small molecules whose reactivity was governed by physico-chemical processes. RNA is composed of pyrimidine and purine nucleotides, both of which are necessary for reliable information transfer, and thus natural selection and Darwinian evolution. Becker et al. showed how pyrimidine nucleosides can be synthesized from small molecules and ribose, driven solely by wet-dry cycles.[26] Purine nucleosides can be synthesized by a similar pathway. 5’-mono-and diphosphates also form selectively from phosphate-containing minerals, allowing concurrent formation of polyribonucleotides with both the pyrimidine and purine bases. Thus a reaction network towards the pyrimidine and purine RNA building blocks can be established starting from simple atmospheric or volcanic molecules.

See also

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