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Pyrimidine vs Pyridopyrimidine - What's the difference?

pyrimidine | pyridopyrimidine |

As nouns the difference between pyrimidine and pyridopyrimidine

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 pyridopyrimidine is (organic chemistry) any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles consisting of a pyridine fused to one 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

    • pyridopyrimidine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles consisting of a pyridine fused to one of pyrimidine