CAREY: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
CAREY: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781260364002
Author: VALUE EDITION
Publisher: MCG CUSTOM
bartleby

Concept explainers

Question
Book Icon
Chapter 27, Problem 16P
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

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.

Concept Introduction:

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.

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Background pattern image
Chemistry
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, chemistry and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Recommended textbooks for you
Text book image
Chemistry
Chemistry
ISBN:9781305957404
Author:Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Chemistry
Chemistry
ISBN:9781259911156
Author:Raymond Chang Dr., Jason Overby Professor
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Education
Text book image
Principles of Instrumental Analysis
Chemistry
ISBN:9781305577213
Author:Douglas A. Skoog, F. James Holler, Stanley R. Crouch
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Organic Chemistry
Chemistry
ISBN:9780078021558
Author:Janice Gorzynski Smith Dr.
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Education
Text book image
Chemistry: Principles and Reactions
Chemistry
ISBN:9781305079373
Author:William L. Masterton, Cecile N. Hurley
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Text book image
Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, Bind...
Chemistry
ISBN:9781118431221
Author:Richard M. Felder, Ronald W. Rousseau, Lisa G. Bullard
Publisher:WILEY