Gas-phase tautomeric equilibrium of 4-hydroxypyrimidine with its ketonic forms: a free jet millimeterwave spectroscopy study

J Am Chem Soc. 2007 May 16;129(19):6287-90. doi: 10.1021/ja070712q. Epub 2007 Apr 21.

Abstract

4-Hydroxypyrimidine (4HP) has two conformational forms (the hydroxyl hydrogen cis or trans with respect to the adjacent nitrogen), which are in tautomeric equilibrium with two ketonic forms, 4-pyrimidinone (4PO) and 6-pyrimidinone (6PO). We have investigated the free jet absorption millimeterwave spectrum of this system, assigning the rotational spectra of 4HPcis and 4PO; the latter species is more stable by 2.0(9) kJ/mol. No lines corresponding to the trans isomer of 4-hydroxypyridine and to 6PO have been observed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Gases
  • Isomerism
  • Ketones / chemistry*
  • Models, Chemical
  • Molecular Structure
  • Pyrimidinones / chemistry*
  • Spectrum Analysis

Substances

  • Gases
  • Ketones
  • Pyrimidinones
  • 4-hydroxypyrimidine