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cytosine

C4H5N3O

Cytosine has the molecular formula C4H5N3O and a molar mass of 111.1 g/mol.

Properties

Molecular formulaC4H5N3O
Molar mass111.1 g/mol
Exact (monoisotopic) mass111.04326 g/mol
Density1.6 g/cm³
logP (octanol–water)-1.7
Topological polar surface area67.5 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors / acceptors2 / 2
Heavy atoms8
InChIKeyOPTASPLRGRRNAP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
IUPAC name6-amino-1H-pyrimidin-2-one

Elemental composition

13 atoms across 4 elements, by mass.

ElementAtomsPercent by mass
Carbon (C)443.24%
Nitrogen (N)337.82%
Oxygen (O)114.40%
Hydrogen (H)54.54%

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Molar mass and elemental composition are computed from IUPAC 2021 conventional atomic weights. Formula, exact mass and the computed descriptors come from PubChem, which is US government work and in the public domain. Melting point, boiling point and density come from Wikidata under CC0. Properties with no figure shown are absent from those sources rather than zero.