Description

A tertiary amine that is adenine substituted at N-6 by geminal methyl groups.

Chemical properties

Chemical formula Net charge Average mass
C7H9N5 0 163.17990
<i>N</i><sup>6</sup>,<i>N</i><sup>6</sup>-dimethyladenine

Recommended notation

Name N6,N6-dimethyladenine
Abbreviation 6-DMA

Nomenclature

IUPAC SMILES InChI InChIKey Synonyms
N,N-dimethyl-9H-purin-6-amine CN(C)c1ncnc2[nH]cnc12 InChI=1S/C7H9N5/c1-12(2)7-5-6(9-3-8-5)10-4-11-7/h3-4H,1-2H3,(H,8,9,10,11) BVIAOQMSVZHOJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • n,n-dimethyladenine
  • n(6)-dimethyladenine
  • n,n-dimethyl-6-aminopurine
  • 6-(dimethylamino)purine
  • 6-dimethyladenine
  • n(6),n(6)-dimethyladenine
  • 6-dimethylaminopurine
  • n,n-dimethyl-1h-purin-6-amine

Nature

Origin Function Functional detail
Organisms
References
synthetic and RNA

Database references:

CHEBI:60281

Citations