Theoretical Study on Enol-keto Tautomerism of α-Fluorine-β-diketones

摘要

Density Functional Theory method is applied to investigate the enol-keto tautome- rism of both acyclic and cyclic α-fluorine-β-diketones. It is shown that, for acyclic cases, α-fluorine could improve the relative stability of keto tautomer by lessening intramolecular hydrogen bond of enol form, whereas the relative stability of cyclic enol could be attributed to two factors: destabi- lization of keto and stabilization of enol. Furthermore, the relative stabilities of all enol tautomers are improved in THF to different extents.