Which among the following has the most acidic hydrogen?/? 1. 3-Hexanone 2. 2,4-Hexanedione 3. 2,5-Hexanedione 4. 2,3-Hexanedione help me & pls help me know the concept that is used in here plzzzz

the concept here is that the hydrogen attached to the carbon experiencing more -I effect....is more acidic..

priyanka tata

surely option 2 is correct ...

for this remove alfa hydrogens attached to C=0 group ...now more C=0 group will give more EWD effect &

thus stabilize carbanion ...

in 2nd case , alfa hydrogen on carbon bw two C=0 groups is highly acidic ...both groups are very close to carbon &

hence produce high inductive as well as high resonance effect thus stablize carbanion...