|   | 
        Previous work on uric acid | 
        Present workd | 
       
      
        |   | 
        Crystala | 
        B3LYPb | 
        B3LYPc | 
        H2U(vac) | 
        H2U(aq) | 
        HU-(aq) | 
        U2‒(aq) | 
       
      
        | N1-C2 | 
        1.369 | 
        1.388 | 
        1.386 | 
        1.386 | 
        1.383 | 
        1.410 | 
        1.408 | 
       
      
        | C2-N3 | 
        1.383 | 
        1.403 | 
        1.401 | 
        1.401 | 
        1.389 | 
        1.359 | 
        1.347 | 
       
      
        | N3-C4 | 
        1.360 | 
        1.370 | 
        1.368 | 
        1.368 | 
        1.363 | 
        1.334 | 
        1.358 | 
       
      
        | C4-C5 | 
        1.364 | 
        1.367 | 
        1.364 | 
        1.363 | 
        1.369 | 
        1.387 | 
        1.406 | 
       
      
        | C5-C6 | 
        1.410 | 
        1.433 | 
        1.430 | 
        1.430 | 
        1.423 | 
        1.409 | 
        1.397 | 
       
      
        | C6-N1 | 
        1.401 | 
        1.423 | 
        1.422 | 
        1.422 | 
        1.416 | 
        1.404 | 
        1.408 | 
       
      
        | C5-N7 | 
        1.388 | 
        1.399e | 
        1.399 | 
        1.399 | 
        1.398 | 
        1.405 | 
        1.400 | 
       
      
        | N7-C8 | 
        1.361 | 
        1.381 | 
        1.379 | 
        1.379 | 
        1.373 | 
        1.371 | 
        1.396 | 
       
      
        | C8-N9 | 
        1.378 | 
        1.426 | 
        1.424 | 
        1.424 | 
        1.411 | 
        1.395 | 
        1.369 | 
       
      
        | N9-C4 | 
        1.361 | 
        1.370 | 
        1.368 | 
        1.368 | 
        1.363 | 
        1.386 | 
        1.366 | 
       
      
        | C2-O | 
        1.237 | 
          | 
        1.212 | 
        1.212 | 
        1.220 | 
        1.245 | 
        1.259 | 
       
      
        | C6-O | 
        1.246 | 
          | 
        1.217 | 
        1.217 | 
        1.227 | 
        1.245 | 
        1.258 | 
       
      
        | C8-O | 
        1.252 | 
          | 
        1.209 | 
        1.209 | 
        1.221 | 
        1.231 | 
        1.255 | 
       
     
    aRingertz [29] 
    bB3LYP/6-31G(d), Chen et al. [30] 
    cB3LYP/6-311++G(d,p), Allen et al. [31] 
    dB3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) 
    emislabeled as C6-N7
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