Tautomerization: Organic Chemistry Research Assignment

Tautomerization
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Tautomerization with Examples
Tautomeric compounds are characterized by two or more structures that share similarities in the manner in which they exhibit an intermolecular migration of a hydrogen (proton) from a polar atom to another. In tautomerization, one atom becomes a donor of a hydrogen bond while the other becomes an acceptor. Apart from their varying molecular fingerprints, tautomers possess different properties such as hydrophobicity, electrostatic characteristics, and 3D shapes (Martin, 2009). The opening and closing of heterocyclic rings change the molecular shapes of tautomers. The commonest example of tautomerization reaction is that which involves enols and keto compounds known as keto-enol...