Following my conformational exploration of enols, here is one about a much more common molecule, a carboxylic acid.
Posts Tagged ‘Enol’
The conformation of carboxylic acids revealed.
Tuesday, April 11th, 2017The conformation of enols: revealed and explained.
Thursday, April 6th, 2017Enols are simple compounds with an OH group as a substituent on a C=C double bond and with a very distinct conformational preference for the OH group. Here I take a look at this preference as revealed by crystal structures, with the theoretical explanation.