The molecule is a pyrimidinemonocarboxylic acid that results from the base-catalysed cyclisation of N(alpha)-carbethoxyasparagine. It is a secondary amide, a monocarboxylic acid, a pyrimidinemonocarboxylic acid and a N-acylurea. It derives from an orotic acid. It is a conjugate acid of a dihydroorotate.
2,6-dioxo-1,3-diazinane-4-carboxylic acid