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Which order correctly gives the enol content of the following compounds?

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

Answer: D

Both 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds have enols stabilised by conjugation and a chelating hydrogen bond, so both far exceed propanone, whose enol content is about percent. In the diketone the second group is a ketone, a better partner for conjugation than the ester group, whose carbonyl is partly stabilised by resonance. Hence pentane-2,4-dione has the most enol (about 80 percent neat), ethyl acetoacetate about 8 percent, propanone least.
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