NEET 2015
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2015
- Subject
- Chemistry
- Chapter
- General Organic Chemistry
NEET 2015 · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry
Given, Which of the given compounds can exhibit tautomerism?
Given,
Which of the given compounds can exhibit tautomerism?
Options
- AI and II
- BI and III
- CII and III
- DI, II and III
Correct answer
D. I, II and III
Step-by-step solution
All compounds show tautomerism.
Of many types of tauomerism possible, keto-enol tauomerism is the most commonly encountered one.
It is possible in presence of -C (wrt the carbonyl group), which is the conjugate C-H bond having sp3 hybridization.
Usually it is the -C of the carbonyl group constituting a triad system, however it could also sometimes be the -C, if there is a C=C present on carbons, constituting a quinquad system.
Compound (I) & (II) are have tautomerism in a triad system, while (III) involves a quinquad system as shown here: