| Uses |
For biochemical research, drugs synthesis; being used as pharmaceutical intermediates, also used in organic synthesis |
| Production methods |
It is produced through the reaction of malate, sulfuric acid and urea. |
| Description |
Uracil is a pyrimidine base and a fundamental component of RNA where it binds to adenine via hydrogen bonds. It is converted into the nucleoside uridine through the addition of a ribose moiety, then to the nucleotide uridine monophosphate by the addition of a phosphate group. |
| Chemical Properties |
Crystalline needles. Soluble in hot water, ammonium hydroxide, and other alkalies; insoluble in alcohol and ether. |
| Uses |
Nitrogenous base on RNA nucleosides. |
| Uses |
antineoplastic |
| Uses |
In biochemical research. |
| Uses |
Uracil (Lamivudine EP Impurity F) is a nitrogenous base on RNA nucleosides. |