Guanine: A Combined Study Using Vibrational Spectroscopy and Theoretical Methods

Figure 1

Structural representation of the calculated (DFT/B3LYP 6-31G**) four most stable tautomeric forms of guanine, in the gas phase. (The atom numbering is included. Pyr and Im refer to the pyrimidine and imidazole rings).
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