Addition of water to an alkyne gives a keto-enol tautomer product. What will be the enol that is in equilibrium with the given ketone 2-Pentanone?
1 Answer
Jul 8, 2016
Since the parent ketone is unsymmetric, two enol products are possible.
Explanation:
What do you think would happen to the enol hydrogens if the parent ketone were involved in an equilibrium with