Table 2. Relative Gibbs free energy values (in kJ mol–1) of the H–C1′ hydrogen atom abstraction intermediates calculated with respect to the lowest energy conformer at the M06-2X/6-311++G(2d,2p) level assuming the C-PCM model of bulk water.
| α-C1′-endo | α-S | β-S | α-N | β-N |
| Neutral intermediates before the O–H group dissociation | ||||
| 12.0 | 0.0 | 24.8 | 17.8 | 30.4 |
| Intermediates after the O–H bond dissociation | ||||
| 0.0 a | 0.1 | 17.6 b | 0.0 a | 17.6 b |
aOptimization of the α-N intermediate after the O–H bond dissociation converged to the α-C1′-endo conformer, thus, their respective energies are identical.
bOptimization of the β-N intermediate after the O–H bond dissociation converged to the β-S conformer, thus, their respective energies are identical.