Organic Chemistry · Chapter 8: Carboxylic Acids

Question

The ____ form.

Answer

The enol that is initially formed from the destruction of the ring, in decarboxylation reaction, tautomerizes to the more stable keto form.
The enol that is initially formed from the destruction of the ring, in decarboxylation reaction, tautomerizes to the mo…
Note ↓: Decarboxylation occurs readily whenever a carboxy group (COOH) is bonded to the α carbon of another carbonyl group. For example, β-keto acids also readily lose CO2 on heating to form ketones.

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