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Acetone, , and prop-1-en-2-ol, , are best described as

  1. Achain isomers
  2. Bposition isomers
  3. Cmetamers
  4. Dtautomers, a special case of functional isomerism

Answer: D

The two have the same formula and differ in functional group (ketone versus enol), interconverting by a hydrogen shift. They are tautomers (functional isomers in rapid equilibrium); the keto form is the one that predominates at room temperature.
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