Tautomerism is our major research in various aspects:

  • from fundamental investigations of the environmental and structural effects to useful practical applications;
  • from molecular machinery, switching and sensing systems to drug design;
  • from theoretical modeling to real molecules and their experimental investigation.

Fundamental Aspects of Tautomerism

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Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer

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Tautomerism and Bioactivity

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News

Proton Cranes ─ Tautomeric Systems for Intramolecular Cargo Delivery

Nature effectively employs the light-induced transfer of a proton for rapid interconversion between different electronic [...]

Tautomerism in 1-Pyridin-2-yl-1H-pyrazol-5-ols through the Prism of Molecular Switching: The Rare Case of OH/CH Switching upon Acidic Input

The tautomeric behavior of 1-(2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazol-5-ols has been investigated in solution using UV–vis and NMR spectroscopies [...]

Reversible Switching Based on Truly Intramolecular Long-Range Proton Transfer─Turning the Theoretical Concept into Experimental Reality

Herein, we demonstrate a working prototype of a conjugated proton crane, a reversible tautomeric switching [...]