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2 August, 14:11

Addition of water to an alkyne gives a keto-enol tautomer product. draw an enol that is in equilibrium with the given ketone.

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  1. 2 August, 14:36
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    If water were added to an alkyne and the product was 2-pentanone, then the alkyne must have been 1-pentyne. 2-pentyne would have given a mixture of 2 - and 3-pentanone.

    The enol that would give 2-pentanone would have been pent-1-en-2-ol. Because an equilibrium favors the ketone so greatly, equilibrium is not a good description. If the ketone were treated with bromine, little reaction would be seen as the enol content would be too low. If a catalyst were added, NaOH for example, then formation of the enolate of pent-1-en-2-ol would form and react with bromine. This would eventually give a bromoform product. Under acidic conditions, the enol would favor formation of the more substituted enol consistent with alkene stability.
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