Organic Chemistry - Standalone book
Organic Chemistry - Standalone book
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780073511214
Author: Francis A Carey Dr., Robert M. Giuliano
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 27, Problem 16P
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Among the keto or enol form of cytosine, the stronger acid is to be predicted. The relationship between the conjugate base of the keto form and the conjugate base of the enol form is to be stated.

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The chemical equilibrium between the keto form of an aldehyde or a ketone and the enol form of an alcohol is called the keto-enol tautomerism. These two forms are tautomers of each other. Cytosine is a heterocyclic base found in both DNA and RNA.

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