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Galaxy429

"Tetrahydro" in this case does not necessarily mean that there are four additional hydrogen atoms attached. It's called like that because the core, without any substituents, is a tetrahydropyrimidine. Think of this compound as a pyrimidine, then you add four hydrogen atoms to get a tetrahydropyridine and *then* you add the ketone and thioketone. Two of the four originally added hydrogen atoms disappear, but the name stays. It's a bit confusing.


gooimemes

This.


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Eh even if this is correct logically and for proper naming and identification sakes you would not include the “tetrahydro” prefix I would think


radiatorcheese

Seems wrong... I can only assume it's because they have the tautomer with both ring nitrogens having an N-H bond as the lactam/thiolactam form rather than cyclic imidate/thioimidate?


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You are wright. It looks like it´s an error to me too. That class of drugs are derivated from barbituric acid, btw.


Oliv112

The hydro's are silent in this case!


Optimal_Passion_1476

Naming is correct. Formally, you have to hydrogenate two C-N double bonds to be able to add the thio and oxo substituents.


PIXans

So it's not called tetrahydro for having 4 hydrogens, but for being derived from a compound which has 4 hydrogens right?


NeFace

edit: the iupac name is correct. I’m not seeing why that choice was made, though. I’m not following their reason. This is a pyramidone, derived from a pyrimidine. Both are aromatics, both are fully unsaturated.


Optimal_Passion_1476

Exactly. To make it more clear, try drawing the structure of the parent heterocycle without substituents.


VeryPaulite

Are you certain on the name? Chemdraw suggested name is "6-methyl-2-thioxo-2,3-dihydropyrimidine-4(1H)-one


Galaxy429

Both are correct. OP's name starts from a pyrimidine core, while ChemDraw's suggested name already starts from a pyrimidinone core, already featuring the ketone. So you only have to formally add two more hydrogen atoms to then replace one of them with a thioketone, hence only dihydro.