From HEELISP@DELTA.newi.ac.uk Fri Nov 29 12:50:03 1996 Received: from dylan.newi.ac.uk for HEELISP@DELTA.newi.ac.uk by www.ccl.net (8.8.3/950822.1) id LAA17973; Fri, 29 Nov 1996 11:52:58 -0500 (EST) Received: by dylan.newi.ac.uk (5.57/25-eef) id AA04066; Fri, 29 Nov 96 16:51:30 GMT Message-Id: <9611291651.AA04066@dylan.newi.ac.uk> Sender: From: "Paul Heelis, Research" Organization: North East Wales Institute To: chemistry@www.ccl.net Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 16:55:11 GMT Subject: tautomers X-Confirm-Reading-To: "Paul Heelis, Research" X-Pmrqc: 1 Return-Receipt-To: "Paul Heelis, Research" Priority: normal X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail/Windows (v1.20-pr2) Dear All, I am trying to compute the most stable tautomeric form (a keto -iminol). I have heard it said, that in general, heats of formation are not much good as the tautomers have very close values. Does anyone know where I could find a reference stating the above/or discussing it. Thanks in advance Paul Heelis Dr. P.Heelis Reader in Chemistry Faculty of Science and Technology North East Wales Institute Mold Rd Wrexham Ll11 2AW UK