%0 Journal Article %T Oxidation of 5,6-Diamino-1,3-dimethyl-2,4-dioxopyrimidine by Perrhenate: the crystal structure of 1,3,6,8-Tetramethylpyrimidopteridine-2,4,5,7-tetrone %A Booysen %A Irvin %A Gerber %A Thomas I. A. %A Mayer %A Peter %J Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society %D 2008 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Qu¨ªmica, SBQ %R 10.1590/S0103-50532008000100028 %X the oxidation of 5,6-diamino-1,3-dimethyl-2,4-dioxopyrimidine (h2ddd) by perrhenate (reo4-) led to the formation of 1,3-dimethylalloxan, which condenses with unoxidized h2ddd to yield the product 1,3,6,8-tetramethylpyrimidopteridine-2,4,5,7-tetrone (tppt). the structure of tppt consists of a central pyrazine ring and two terminal pyrimidine rings in cis positions. the dihedral angles between the pyrazine and pyrimidine rings are 1.08¡ã and 1.20¡ã. %K oxidation %K diaminouracil %K perrhenate %K crystal structure. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-50532008000100028&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en