Thermodynamics of 5-Bromouracil Tautomerization From First-Principles Molecular Dynamics Simulations

The authors acknowledge support from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) UK National Service for Computational Chemistry Software (NSCCS); from GENCI (Grand equipement national de calcul intensif); and from CINES (Centre informatique national de l’enseignement superieur). LFH and TvM gratefully acknowledge support from the HPC-EUROPA2 project with the support of the European Commission - Capacities Area - Research Infrastructures. LFH is grateful to the EPSRC for studentship support through the Doctoral Training Account scheme (grant code EP/K503162/1).

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