NEET 2016 Phase 2 · ChemistrySelf-aldolPrevious Year Question

Which among the following molecules (I, II, III) can exhibit tautomerism?

Answer: (A) (A) III only. \textbf{Answer:} (A) III only.

NEET 2016 Phase 2 Chemistry question — Which among the following molecules (I, II, III) can exhibit tautomerism?
  1. A.(A) III only
  2. B.(B) Both I and III
  3. C.(C) Both I and II
  4. D.(D) Both II and III

Correct Answer

(A) (A) III only

Solution & Explanation

\textbf{Answer:} (A) III only. \textbf{Solution:} Keto-enol tautomerism requires an -hydrogen that can shift to give an enol . In I, enolisation would create a double bond at a bridgehead carbon, an anti-Bredt alkene forbidden by Bredt's rule, so I cannot tautomerise. In II the -carbon bears two phenyl groups and has no -hydrogen, so no enol can form. Only III (norbornanone-type) has a removable -hydrogen on a non-bridgehead carbon, so only III tautomerises.

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