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Does phenol shows tautomerism......?????????

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abhi cool , 14 Years ago
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Jaya IITK

yes it does...

 

see the image which is attached

 

or this page

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phenol_tautomers.png

Last Activity: 14 Years ago
Sanjeev Malik IIT BHU

yes, definately it shows tautomerism.

Last Activity: 14 Years ago
Ritvik Gautam

Since there is a presence of an α hydrogen atom, hence phenol shows tautomerism.

Last Activity: 14 Years ago
abhi cool

yes.

but In AIEEE 2011, it has been given that phenol does not shows tautomerism.

Please refer Q no 19(set P)

Answer by many coaching instiitutes says it does'nt.

There are two correct options.

 

Last Activity: 14 Years ago
Atul Saswat
No it wont .
Though it is very easy to draw it out , it does not necessarily mean it happens practically.
The above link explains it fully 
Bottomline: loss of aromaticity makes it impractical. 
Last Activity: 8 Years ago
Siddharth
It shows tautomerism but the equilibrium between keto form and enol((phenol here)) remains mainly towards phenol side
Last Activity: 8 Years ago
Khimraj
Yes phenol show tautomerism draw the keto form of phenol then you can easily so it has alpha hydrogen.Please if you like answer then approve answer
Last Activity: 8 Years ago
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