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Tautomers of Acetylacetone (C5H8O2)

Usually the keto tautomer is favored

Keto = ketone

Enol = alcohol

may also be referred to as an alkenol

Keto Acetylacetone

With geometry optimization

Molecule (2).png

But PubChem's 3D structure has both oxygens pointing in the same direction

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But NIST has the oxygens pointing different directions

KetoacetylacetoneStructure.png

Proton NMR (Hartree-Fock)

NmrKeto.png

Enol Acetylacetone

Molecule.png

Proton NMR (Hartree-Fock)

NmrEnol.png

A reminder of Proton NMR stretches:

Nmr1.gif