Vinyl alcohol gets readily converted into acetaldehyde by :

oxidation

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reduction

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tautomerization

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polymerization

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Solution

The correct option is C tautomerization
Vinylalcohol gets converted into acetaldehyde by tautomerization.This is an example of keto-enol tautomerism.
The reaction is as follows:
$O H - C H = C H_{2} \to H_{3} C - C H = O$

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