How can you determine if a compound is a purine or pyrimidine?
1 Answer
Jan 20, 2017
A pyrimidine has one ring; a purine has two rings.
The pyrimidines (
The purines have two rings.
One way to remember the difference is:
The pyrimidines are C U T from the purines.
If they were no labels in the picture below, could you identify the purines and the pyrimidines?
