Guanine

• Formula: C₅H₅N₅O
• Molecular weight: 151.1261
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C5H5N5O/c6-5-9-3-2(4(11)10-5)7-1-8-3/h1H,(H4,6,7,8,9,10,11) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: UYTPUPDQBNUYGX-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 73-40-5
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: 6H-Purin-6-one, 2-amino-1,7-dihydro-; C.I. Natural White 1; C.I. 75170; Dew Pearl; Guanin; Guanine enol; Hypoxanthine, 2-amino-; Mearlmaid; Natural Pearl Essence; Naturon; Pathocidin; Pearl Essence; Stella Polaris; 2-Amino-6-hydroxypurine; 2-Aminohypoxanthine; 2-Amino-1,7-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one; 6H-Purin-6-one, 2-amino-1,9-dihydro-; Natural White 1
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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

Ionization energy determinations

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Dougherty, Younathan, et al., 1978
Dougherty, D.; Younathan, E.S.; Voll, R.; Abdulnur, S.; McGlynn, S.P., Photoelectron spectroscopy of some biological molecules, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1978, 13, 379. [all data]

Verkin, Sukodub, et al., 1976
Verkin, B.I.; Sukodub, L.F.; Yanson, I.K., Ionization potentials of nitrogenous bases of of nucleic acids, Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1976, 228, 1452. [all data]

Hush and Cheung, 1975
Hush, N.S.; Cheung, A.S., Ionization potentials and donor properties of nucleic acid bases and related compounds, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1975, 34, 11. [all data]

Notes

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