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Which of the following pair of compounds exhibit tautomerisim?

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ETHANAL and vinyl alcohol
Methyl propyl ether and diethyl ether
Neo-pentane and n-pentane
Propanal and propanone

Solution :`{:("Ethanal",,"Vinyl alcohol"),(OVERSET(alpha)(C)H_(3)CHO,,CH_(2)=CHOH),(underset(alpha)(H)_(3)C - overset(overset(O)(||))(C )-H,hArr,H_(2)C=overset(overset(OH)(|))(C )-H),("Keto form",,"Enol form"):}`
Ethanal has `alpha`-hydrogen to CARBONYL group and it has tautomer vinyl alcohol. (B) , (C ), (D) do not have `alpha`-hydrogen to carbonyl group and their enol from


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