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Pyrimidine vs Diaminopyrimidine - What's the difference?

pyrimidine | diaminopyrimidine |

In organic compound|lang=en terms the difference between pyrimidine and diaminopyrimidine

is that pyrimidine is (organic compound) a diazine in which the two nitrogen atoms are in the meta- positions; it is the basis of three of the bases found in dna and rna, thymine, uracil and cytosine while diaminopyrimidine is (organic compound) any of four isomeric diamino derivatives of pyrimidine.

As nouns the difference between pyrimidine and diaminopyrimidine

is that pyrimidine is (organic compound) a diazine in which the two nitrogen atoms are in the meta- positions; it is the basis of three of the bases found in dna and rna, thymine, uracil and cytosine while diaminopyrimidine is (organic compound) any of four isomeric diamino derivatives of pyrimidine.

pyrimidine

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Noun

(wikipedia pyrimidine) (en noun)
  • (organic compound) A diazine in which the two nitrogen atoms are in the meta- positions; it is the basis of three of the bases found in DNA and RNA, thymine, uracil and cytosine

    • diaminopyrimidine

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    Noun

    (wikipedia diaminopyrimidine) (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any of four isomeric diamino derivatives of pyrimidine
  • (medicine) Any of a class of drugs containing such a moiety