enol-keto tautomerism

enol-keto tautomerism

[¦ē·nȯl ¦kēd·ō tȯ′tä·mə‚riz·əm]
(organic chemistry)
The tautomeric migration of a hydrogen atom from an adjacent carbon atom to a carbonyl group of a keto compound to produce the enol form of the compound; the reverse process of hydrogen atom migration also occurs.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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