6-Dimethylaminopurine Property

Melting point:

259-262 °C(lit.)

Boiling point:

162 °C (50 mmHg)

Density 

1.1407 (rough estimate)

refractive index 

1.6380 (estimate)

Flash point:

110 °C

storage temp. 

-20°C

solubility 

methanol: 0.1 g/mL, clear

form 

prilled

pka

9.38±0.20(Predicted)

color 

off-white to yellow

BRN 

7634

InChIKey

BVIAOQMSVZHOJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N

CAS DataBase Reference

938-55-6(CAS DataBase Reference)

NIST Chemistry Reference

1H-Purin-6-amine, N,N-dimethyl-(938-55-6)

Safety

Hazard Codes 

WGK Germany 

3

RTECS 

UO7440636

HS Code 

29335990

Hazard and Precautionary Statements (GHS)

Symbol(GHS)

Signal word

Warning

Hazard statements

H315Causes skin irritation

H319Causes serious eye irritation

Precautionary statements

P264Wash hands thoroughly after handling.

P264Wash skin thouroughly after handling.

P280Wear protective gloves/protective clothing/eye protection/face protection.

6-Dimethylaminopurine Chemical Properties,Usage,Production

Chemical Properties

white to light yellow crystal powder

Uses

6-Dimethylaminopurine is a serine threonine protein kinase inhibitor. It inhibits the germinal vesicle breakdown and the meiotic maturation of oocytes. It can be used to rtificially lengthen the pre-maturation period of oocyte growth, in vitro, by inhibiting germinal vesicle breakdown in mouse and human oocytes.

Definition

ChEBI: 6-Dimethylaminopurine is a tertiary amine that is adenine substituted at N-6 by geminal methyl groups. It is functionally related to an adenine.

Application

6-(Dimethylamino)purine has been used:
as a supplement in GR-1 aa medium (bovine medium) for parthenogenetic activation of bovine oocytes to study its potential for embryo development.
in the activation step during the production of nuclear transfer embryos.
as a supplement in HCR2aa medium to activate interspecies embryos derived from interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer (iSCNT) technique.
A purine antagonist.
In the benzodiazepine receptor (BZR) binding assay, it inhibits the binding of 1.5 nM [3H]diazepam at 100uM in rat brains.

Preparation

6-Dimethylaminopurine synthesis: 2-Methylmercapto-4-amino-6-dimethylaminopyrimidine (VI) was smoothly nitrosated in 10% acetic acid to the 5-nitrosopyrimidine (V) in 95% yield. Reduction of V with sodium hydrosulfite to the triamine (IV), followed by formylation gave the 5-formamidopyrimidine (VII) in 76% over-all yield for the two steps. Reductive formylation of V directly to VI1 with zinc and formic acid, although more rapid, was less efficient (50% yield). Ring closure of VII to 2-methyhercapto-6-dimethylaminopurine (X) was best done on a small scale by short fusion at 250°(99% yield), although boiling quinoline, formamide, or dilute alcoholic sodium hydroxide could also be employed. The latter reagent was most efficient on a large scale. Desulfurization of X with Raney nickel (7) in 1 N sodium hydroxide at 100° afforded the final product, 6-dimethylaminopurine (XII) in 43% yield.This compound was identical in all respects with the C7H9N5 moiety from puromycin (2).

General Description

6-(Dimethylamino)purine (6-DMAP) is a purine-based metabolite with two condensed heterocyclic rings and two methyl groups linked to the amino group of the purine unit of adenine.

Biochem/physiol Actions

6-(Dimethylamino)purine (6-DMAP) is a protein kinase and cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor. It acts as a secondary metabolite and mediates RNA modification. 6-DMAP is a potent cytokinetic inhibitor and is used in parthenogenesis and meiosis studies. It is also used to promote pronuclei formation in mammalian oocytes. 6-DMAP is a dual fluorescence molecule according to femtosecond fluorescence up-conversion spectroscopy studies.

Purification Methods

It is purified by recrystallisation from H2O, EtOH (0.32g in 10mL) or CHCl3. [Albert & Brown J Chem Soc 2060 1954, UV: Mason J Chem Soc 2071 1954.] The monohydrochloride crystallises from EtOH/Et2O, m 2 5 3o(dec) [Elion et al. J Am Chem Soc 74 411 1952], the dihydrochloride has m 225o(dec) and the picrate has m 245o (235-236.5o) [Fryth et al. J Am Chem Soc 80 2736 1958]. [Beilstein 26 III/IV 3566.]