Abstract
5-Cyanouracil has been prepared in high yield from cuprous cyanide and 5-iodouracil. The deoxynucleoside has been similarly prepared form 5-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine and this has enabled these compounds to be labelled with (14-C) cyanide. Attempts have been made to incorporate 5-cyanouracil into Escherichia coli 15T and into Mycoplasma mycoides var. capri DNA under conditions in which several other 5-substituted uracils have been incorporated, but without success. Similarly 5-cyano-2'-deoxyuridine could not be incorporated into the DNA of T3 phage under conditions in which 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine is easily incorporated. These results suggest that the criteria for a 5-substituted uracil to be incorporated into DNA in vivo depends on some factor other than the size of the substituent.
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