Thymine

• Formula: C₅H₆N₂O₂
• Molecular weight: 126.1133
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C5H6N2O2/c1-3-2-6-5(9)7-4(3)8/h2H,1H3,(H2,6,7,8,9) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: RWQNBRDOKXIBIV-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 65-71-4
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: 2,4(1H,3H)-Pyrimidinedione, 5-methyl-; Thymin; 2,4-Dihydroxy-5-methylpyrimidine; 5-Methyluracil; 5-Methyl-2,4-dioxypyrimidine; 5-Methyl-2,4(1H,3H)-pyrimidinedione
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Ion clustering data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias
RCD - Robert C. Dunbar

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Clustering reactions

C₅H₇N₂O₂⁺ +  = (C₅H₇N₂O₂⁺ • )

By formula: C₅H₇N₂O₂⁺ + C₅H₆N₂O₂ = (C₅H₇N₂O₂⁺ • C₅H₆N₂O₂)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: K⁺ + C₅H₆N₂O₂ = (K⁺ • C₅H₆N₂O₂)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Na⁺ + C₅H₆N₂O₂ = (Na⁺ • C₅H₆N₂O₂)

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

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References

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Meot-Ner (Mautner), 1979
Meot-Ner (Mautner), M., Ion Thermochemistry of Low Volatility Compounds in the Gas Phase. II. Intrinsic Basicities and Hydrogen Bonded Dimers of Nitrogen Heterocyclics and Nucleic Bases, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1979, 101, 9, 2396, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00503a027 . [all data]

Cerda and Wesdemiotis, 1996
Cerda, B.A.; Wesdemiotis, C., PAs of Peptides, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1996, 118, 11884. [all data]

Rodgers and Armentrout, 2000
Rodgers, M.T.; Armentrout, P.B., Noncovalent Interactions of Nucleic Acid Bases (Uracil, Thymine, and Adenine) with Alkali Metal Ions. Threshold Collision-Induced Dissociation and Theoretical Studies, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2000, 121, 35, 8548, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja001638d . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrS°	Entropy of reaction at standard conditions

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