Adenine

Formula: C₅H₅N₅
Molecular weight: 135.1267
IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C5H5N5/c6-4-3-5(9-1-7-3)10-2-8-4/h1-2H,(H3,6,7,8,9,10)
IUPAC Standard InChIKey: GFFGJBXGBJISGV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS Registry Number: 73-24-5
Chemical structure:
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Other names: 1H-Purin-6-amine; ADE; Adenin; Adeninimine; Leuco-4; Vitamin B4; 1,6-Dihydro-6-iminopurine; 3,6-Dihydro-6-iminopurine; 6-Amino-1H-purine; 6-Amino-3H-purine; 6-Amino-9H-purine; 6-Aminopurine; 1H-Purine-6-amine; Purine, 6-amino-; USAF CB-18; 1H-Purine, 6-amino-; 6-Amino-7H-purine; 9H-Purine, 1,6-dihydro-6-imino-; 9H-Purin-6-yl-amine; 9H-Purine-6-amine; NSC 14666
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_fH°_solid	23.2 ± 0.31	kcal/mol	Ccr	Kirklin and Domalski, 1983	ALS
Δ_fH°_solid	22.95 ± 0.22	kcal/mol	Ccb	Stiehler and Huffman, 1935	Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = 21.76 kcal/mol; ALS
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_cH°_solid	-664.20 ± 0.30	kcal/mol	Ccr	Kirklin and Domalski, 1983	ALS
Δ_cH°_solid	-663.99 ± 0.21	kcal/mol	Ccb	Stiehler and Huffman, 1935	Reanalyzed by Cox and Pilcher, 1970, Original value = -663.74 ± 0.21 kcal/mol; ALS
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
S°_{solid,1 bar}	36.092	cal/mol*K	N/A	Stiehler and Huffman, 1935, 2	Extrapolation below 90 K, 46.69 J/mol*K.; DH

Constant pressure heat capacity of solid

C_p,solid (cal/mol*K)	Temperature (K)	Reference	Comment
35.13	298.	Kilday, 1978	DH
34.209	298.1	Stiehler and Huffman, 1935, 2	T = 88 to 298 K. Value is unsmoothed experimental datum.; DH

Reaction thermochemistry data

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

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Individual Reactions

+ = Adenine

By formula: C₅H₄N₅^- + H⁺ = C₅H₅N₅

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	335.1 ± 2.2	kcal/mol	G+TS	Sharma and Lee, 2002	gas phase; Acidity at N-9(imidazole N); B
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rG°	328.0 ± 2.0	kcal/mol	IMRB	Sharma and Lee, 2002	gas phase; Acidity at N-9(imidazole N); B
Δ_rG°	344.3 ± 4.0	kcal/mol	IMRB	Sharma and Lee, 2002	gas phase; Less acidic N-10 site(aniline); B

C₅H₆N₅⁺ + Adenine = (C₅H₆N₅⁺ • Adenine )

By formula: C₅H₆N₅⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (C₅H₆N₅⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	30.3	kcal/mol	PHPMS	Meot-Ner (Mautner), 1979	gas phase; M
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rS°	39.	cal/mol*K	PHPMS	Meot-Ner (Mautner), 1979	gas phase; M

+ Adenine = ( • Adenine )

By formula: Na⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (Na⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	33.4 ± 1.0	kcal/mol	CIDT	Rodgers and Armentrout, 2000	RCD
Δ_rH°	41.1	kcal/mol	CIDC	Cerda and Wesdemiotis, 1996	RCD

+ Adenine = ( • Adenine )

By formula: Ti⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (Ti⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	≤81.1 ± 3.5	kcal/mol	CIDT	Rodgers and Armentrout, 2002	RCD

+ Adenine = ( • Adenine )

By formula: V⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (V⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	≤63.4 ± 2.5	kcal/mol	CIDT	Rodgers and Armentrout, 2002	RCD

+ Adenine = ( • Adenine )

By formula: Zn⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (Zn⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	≥57.0 ± 1.3	kcal/mol	CIDT	Rodgers and Armentrout, 2002	RCD

+ Adenine = ( • Adenine )

By formula: Fe⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (Fe⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	62.0 ± 2.1	kcal/mol	CIDT	Rodgers and Armentrout, 2002	RCD

+ Adenine = ( • Adenine )

By formula: Cr⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (Cr⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	55.1 ± 1.8	kcal/mol	CIDT	Rodgers and Armentrout, 2002	RCD

+ Adenine = ( • Adenine )

By formula: Mn⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (Mn⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	51.6 ± 1.8	kcal/mol	CIDT	Rodgers and Armentrout, 2002	RCD

+ Adenine = ( • Adenine )

By formula: Ni⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (Ni⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	71.1 ± 2.3	kcal/mol	CIDT	Rodgers and Armentrout, 2002	RCD

+ Adenine = ( • Adenine )

By formula: Co⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (Co⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	70.0 ± 2.5	kcal/mol	CIDT	Rodgers and Armentrout, 2002	RCD

+ Adenine = ( • Adenine )

By formula: Cu⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (Cu⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	70.3 ± 2.6	kcal/mol	CIDT	Rodgers and Armentrout, 2002	RCD

+ Adenine = ( • Adenine )

By formula: K⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (K⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	25.3	kcal/mol	CIDC	Cerda and Wesdemiotis, 1996	RCD

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

C₅H₆N₅⁺ + Adenine = (C₅H₆N₅⁺ • Adenine )

By formula: C₅H₆N₅⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (C₅H₆N₅⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	30.3	kcal/mol	PHPMS	Meot-Ner (Mautner), 1979	gas phase; M
Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rS°	39.	cal/mol*K	PHPMS	Meot-Ner (Mautner), 1979	gas phase; M

+ Adenine = ( • Adenine )

By formula: Co⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (Co⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	70.0 ± 2.5	kcal/mol	CIDT	Rodgers and Armentrout, 2002	RCD

+ Adenine = ( • Adenine )

By formula: Cr⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (Cr⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	55.1 ± 1.8	kcal/mol	CIDT	Rodgers and Armentrout, 2002	RCD

+ Adenine = ( • Adenine )

By formula: Cu⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (Cu⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	70.3 ± 2.6	kcal/mol	CIDT	Rodgers and Armentrout, 2002	RCD

+ Adenine = ( • Adenine )

By formula: Fe⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (Fe⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	62.0 ± 2.1	kcal/mol	CIDT	Rodgers and Armentrout, 2002	RCD

+ Adenine = ( • Adenine )

By formula: K⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (K⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	25.3	kcal/mol	CIDC	Cerda and Wesdemiotis, 1996	RCD

+ Adenine = ( • Adenine )

By formula: Mn⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (Mn⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	51.6 ± 1.8	kcal/mol	CIDT	Rodgers and Armentrout, 2002	RCD

+ Adenine = ( • Adenine )

By formula: Na⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (Na⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	33.4 ± 1.0	kcal/mol	CIDT	Rodgers and Armentrout, 2000	RCD
Δ_rH°	41.1	kcal/mol	CIDC	Cerda and Wesdemiotis, 1996	RCD

+ Adenine = ( • Adenine )

By formula: Ni⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (Ni⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	71.1 ± 2.3	kcal/mol	CIDT	Rodgers and Armentrout, 2002	RCD

+ Adenine = ( • Adenine )

By formula: Ti⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (Ti⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	≤81.1 ± 3.5	kcal/mol	CIDT	Rodgers and Armentrout, 2002	RCD

+ Adenine = ( • Adenine )

By formula: V⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (V⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	≤63.4 ± 2.5	kcal/mol	CIDT	Rodgers and Armentrout, 2002	RCD

+ Adenine = ( • Adenine )

By formula: Zn⁺ + C₅H₅N₅ = (Zn⁺ • C₅H₅N₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Method	Reference	Comment
Δ_rH°	≥57.0 ± 1.3	kcal/mol	CIDT	Rodgers and Armentrout, 2002	RCD

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Kirklin and Domalski, 1983
Kirklin, D.R.; Domalski, E.S., Enthalpy of combustion of adenine, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1983, 15, 941-947. [all data]

Stiehler and Huffman, 1935
Stiehler, R.D.; Huffman, H.M., Thermal data. IV. The heats of combustion of adenine, hypoxanthine, guanine, xanthine, uric acid, allantoin and alloxan, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1935, 57, 1734-1740. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Stiehler and Huffman, 1935, 2
Stiehler, R.D.; Huffman, H.M., Thermal data. V. The heat capacities, entropies and free energies of adenine, hypoxanthine, guanine, xanthine, uric acid, allantoin and alloxan, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1935, 57, 1741-1743. [all data]

Kilday, 1978
Kilday, M.V., Enthalpies of solution of the nucleic acid bases. 1. Adenine in water, J. Res., 1978, NBS 83, 347-369. [all data]

Sharma and Lee, 2002
Sharma, S.; Lee, J.K., Acidity of adenine and adenine derivatives and biological implications. A computational and experimental gas-phase study, J. Org. Chem., 2002, 67, 24, 8360-8365, https://doi.org/10.1021/jo0204303 . [all data]

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]

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]

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

Rodgers and Armentrout, 2002
Rodgers, M.T.; Armentrout, P.B., Influence of d orbital occupation on the binding of metal ions to adenine, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 11, 2678, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja011278+ . [all data]

Notes

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Symbols used in this document:

C_p,solid	Constant pressure heat capacity of solid
S°_{solid,1 bar}	Entropy of solid at standard conditions (1 bar)
Δ_cH°_solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
Δ_fH°_solid	Enthalpy of formation of solid at standard conditions
Δ_rG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
Δ_rH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
Δ_rS°	Entropy of reaction at standard conditions

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Adenine

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