If you are beginners in the field of tautomerism and proton transfer, below you will find some useful key references (in chronological order), which will help you to enter in the field:
Molecular Design of Tautomeric Compounds
Edited by V.I. Minkin, L.P. Olekhnovich & Yu.A. Zhdanov.
Springer (1988). DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-1429-2
Tautomerism in Solid State
T.Sugawara & I.Takasu.
Advances in Physical Organic Chemistry 32: 219-265 (1999). DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3160(08)60008-8
Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry, volume 76
Edited by A.R. Katritzky.
Elsevier (2000). DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2725(00)76003-X
Hydrogen‐Transfer Reactions
Edited by J.T. Hynes, J.P. Klinman, H.-H. Limbach & R.L. Schowen.
Wiley-VCH (2006). DOI: 10.1002/9783527611546
The use of NMR spectroscopy to study tautomerism
R.M. Claramunt, C. López, M.D. Santa María, D. Sanz & J. Elguero.
Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 49(3-4): 169-206 (2006). DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2006.07.001
A simple approach to the tautomerism of aromatic heterocycles
Alkorta, P. Goya, J. Elguero & S.P. Singh.
National Academy Science Letters 30(5): 139-159 (2007).
Let’s not forget tautomers
Y.C. Martin.
Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design 23(10): 693–704 (2009). DOI: 10.1007/s10822-009-9303-2
Tautomerism in drug discovery
A.R. Katritzky, C.D. Hall, B. Elgendy & B. Draghici.
Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design 24(6-7): 475-84 (2010). DOI: 10.1007/s10822-010-9359-z
Tautomerism: Methods and Theories
Edited by L. Antonov.
Wiley-VCH (2013). DOI: 10.1002/9783527658824
Tautomerism: Concepts and Applications in Science and Technology
Edited by L. Antonov.
Wiley-VCH (2016). DOI: 10.1002/9783527695713
Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer: A Short Introductory Review
H.C. Joshi & L. Antonov.
Molecules 26(5): article 1475 (2021). DOI: 10.3390/molecules26051475
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