Answer to Question #92864 in Organic Chemistry for Ndubuisi

Question

What relationship exist between the following pairs of structures?
(a). CH3COCH2CH3 and CH3C(OH)=CHCH3

Answer 1

a). CH3COCH2CH3 and CH3C(OH)=CHCH3

These substances are isomers (tautomers)

Tautomers are structural isomers of chemical compounds that readily interconvert. One type of such isomerism - keto - enol taytomerism:

ketone enol