Description

A pyrimidone that is cytosine in which the hydrogen attached to the nitrogen at position 1 is substituted by a methyl group.

Chemical properties

Chemical formula Net charge Average mass
C5H7N3O 0 125.12860
1-methylcytosine

Recommended notation

Name 1-methylcytosine
Abbreviation 1mC

Nomenclature

IUPAC SMILES InChI InChIKey
4-amino-1-methylpyrimidin-2(1H)-one Cn1ccc(N)nc1=O InChI=1S/C5H7N3O/c1-8-3-2-4(6)7-5(8)9/h2-3H,1H3,(H2,6,7,9) HWPZZUQOWRWFDB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Nature

Origin Function Functional detail
Organisms
References
synthetic