文摘
Protonation (alkylation) sites of several thiopyrimidine derivatives were directly determined by 1H-15N (1H-13C) heteronuclear single quantum coherence/heteronuclear multiple bond correlation methods, and it wasfound that in all compounds, protonation (methylation) occurred at the N1 nitrogen. GIAO DFT chemicalshifts were in full agreement with the determined tautomeric structures. According to ab initio calculations,the stability of the different protonated forms and methylated derivatives was favored due to thermodynamiccontrol and not kinetic control.