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How many tautomers can you draw for the following ketone?

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4

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3

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2

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7

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Solution

The correct option is C 2
For a compound to exhibit keto-enol tautomerism, presence of $α$ -hydrogen is neccessary at its $s p^{3}$ hybridised ⍺-C atom.
Hence, Two tautomers can be drawn as shown below:

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