Thymine

Thymine is a nucleobase in the nucleic acid of DNA. There are four nucleobases. G-C-A-T represents nucleobases, guanine, cytosine, adenine, and thymine. The scientific name of thymine is 5-methyl uracil. In RNA, uracil is used instead of thymine. In DNA, adenine is kept together by thymine with two hydrogen bonds. It was discovered by Albrecht Kossel and Albert Neumann. Its acidity is 9.7, and the boiling point is 335 °C or 635 °F. Thymine is usually paired with adenine. Thymine is only found in DNA and nowhere else. The formula for thymine is C5H6N2O2.

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