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Butan-2-one, , can enolise toward either alpha carbon. The total number of enol tautomers, counting geometrical (cis/trans) isomers as separate, is

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

Answer: A

Enolising toward the methyl group gives (but-1-en-2-ol), with no geometrical isomerism. Enolising toward the methylene gives (but-2-en-2-ol), whose double bond carries two different groups on each carbon, so E and Z forms exist. Total .
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