“…This was also in agreement with an earlier observation, that is, for the unsubstituted 1,2,4-triazole thione R 1 = H (Scheme 1). [32] In order to understand the factors controlling the predominance of this tautomeric form over the other thione tautomer, 1H-1,2,4-triazole-3(2H)-thione (1a) and the thiol tautomers (1c, 1d, and 1e), we carried out detailed DFT calculation in gas phase on various tautomers of substituted 1,2,4-triazole thiones, which were well characterized by NMR techniques. GIAO calculations performed on different substituted 1,2,4-triazole thione/thiols in gas phase provided details of the dipole moments and free energies associated with various tautomeric forms.…”