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Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 2009, 74, 57-72
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc2008149
Published online 2009-01-22 17:12:05

Stability, polarity, intramolecular interactions and π-electron delocalization for all eighteen tautomers rotamers of uracil. DFT studies in the gas phase

Ewa D. Raczyńskaa,*, Katarzyna Zientarab, Tomasz M. Stępniewskib and Katarzyna Kolczyńskab

a Department of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-776 Warszaw, Poland
b Interdisciplinary Department of Biotechnology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-726 Warsaw, Poland

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