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Properties and Usage:

5-Nitrouracil is an organic compound with a uracil core structure and a nitro substituent. It is mainly used in drug synthesis, biochemical research, organic synthesis, agricultural chemistry and materials science.

Main application areas

1. Drug synthesis

5-Nitrouracil is a key intermediate in the synthesis of antiviral and anticancer drugs. By reacting with other chemical substances, it can generate a variety of drug molecules with therapeutic potential.

2. Biochemical research

5-Nitrouracil is used as a reagent to study the metabolic pathways and biological effects of uracil compounds. It can help study enzyme activity in cells and tissues, nucleic acid binding ability, etc., and participate in the analysis of DNA structure and exploration of gene mutation mechanisms as a nucleotide analog.

3. Organic synthesis

As an important intermediate in organic reactions, 5-Nitrouracil is often used in substitution reactions and reduction reactions to help generate more complex compounds. It has practical value, especially in the fields of nucleic acid chemistry and organic synthesis.

4. Agricultural Chemistry

The chemical structure of 5-nitrouracil has toxic effects on target pests or pathogens, has potential insecticidal and fungicidal effects, and can be used to develop new chemical control agents to provide new solutions for the control of agricultural pests and pathogens.

5. Materials Science

In the development of specific optoelectronic materials, 5-nitrouracil as a precursor compound helps to prepare materials with specific functions, providing possibilities for the design of new materials.

Storage conditions: Storage Seal the container, store in an airtight master stash, and keep in a cool, dry location.

Packing: This product is packed in 25kg 50kg  100kg cardboard drums, and it can also be customized according to customers' requirements