Acids and bases have been used by chemists for centuries, and are among the most fundamental reagents employed in synthetic organic chemistry. This Aldrich product line ranges from BrÃ¸nsted and Lewis... Chemfiles Volume 1 Article 3.
Bases are found in both DNA and RNA. As seen below, they are adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine, and uracil. They are abbreviated (A, C, G, T, U). Three of the bases (A, G, C) are found in both DNA and RNA. However, uracil (U) is found only in RNA and thymine (T) is found only in DNA.he first three are the same as those found in DNA, but in RNA thymine is replaced by uracil as the base complementary to adenine. This base is also a pyrimidine and is very similar to thymine.
Uracil is one of the four nucleobases in the nucleic acid of RNA. It is represented as the letter U when bonding with other bases in RNA. In RNA Uracil plays an important role, and binds to another base in RNA Adenine or A.Even though Uracil is found in RNA, it is replaced by another nucleobases called Thymine or T in DNA. As a pyrimidine nucleobase, Uracil is considered to be a heterocyclic aromatic organic compound.A heterocyclic compound is a cyclic compound that contains atoms of at least two different elements as a member of its ring or rings.The opposite of a heterocyclic compound is a homocyclic compound, in which the ring or rings is made of a single element.s a pyrimidine nucleobase, Uracil is considered to be a heterocyclic aromatic organic compound. A heterocyclic compound is a cyclic compound that contains atoms of at least two different elements as a member of its ring or rings.