Chemical Property of 6-Azauracil
Chemical Property:
- Appearance/Colour:white to light yellow fine crystalline powder
- Melting Point:274-275 °C(lit.)
- Refractive Index:1.463
- Boiling Point:503.4 °C at 760 mmHg
- PKA:7.78±0.20(Predicted)
- Flash Point:258.3 °C
- PSA:78.61000
- Density:1.86 g/cm3
- LogP:-1.54180
- Storage Temp.:Store below +30°C.
- Water Solubility.:Partly soluble in water, ethanol, DMSO, and 1 M NH4OH (50 mg/ml).
- XLogP3:-0.6
- Hydrogen Bond Donor Count:2
- Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count:3
- Rotatable Bond Count:0
- Exact Mass:113.022526347
- Heavy Atom Count:8
- Complexity:162
- Purity/Quality:
-
99% *data from raw suppliers
6-Azauracil *data from reagent suppliers
Safty Information:
- Pictogram(s):
T,
Xi
- Hazard Codes:Xi,T
- Statements:
36/37/38-63-25
- Safety Statements:
26-36-45-38-36/37/39
- MSDS Files:
-
SDS file from LookChem
Useful:
- Canonical SMILES:C1=NNC(=O)NC1=O
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Uses
6-Azauracil (6-AU) is used as a growth inhibitor of various microorganisms via depletion of intracellular GTP and UTP nucleotide pools. 6-Azauracil has been widely used in investigations on modulation of transcription, especially in yeast models.