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.

- A.(A) III only✓
- B.(B) Both I and III
- C.(C) Both I and II
- 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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