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Abstract DFT and MP2 methods are used to unravel the syn and anti-configurations in the regio-stereoselectivity of carbonyl groups of 5 Fluorouracil paired with HF, CH3OH, H2O, and HCl proton donors. Two configurations of hydrogen-bonded complexes are found: anti-orientated complexes and syn-orientated complexes. The latter are found to be lower in energy than the former when proton donors attack on C O1 site, while the contrary is observed when C O2 site is attacked by proton donors. In syn-configuration, both C O1 and C O2 form clusters which are closer in H-bond interaction energies, but C O2 is predicted slightly as the preferred interaction site.