JEE Main Chemistry question

Tertiary nitroalkane cannot tautomerise because

(A)Their tautomeric forms are highly unstable
(B)They do not contain any multiple bond
(C)They do not have a labile H-atomCorrect
(D)They are not basic in nature

Answer: (C)

Solution

Nitro-aci tautomerism requires a hydrogen on the carbon bearing the group (-H) to migrate to an oxygen, converting the nitro form () into the aci-nitro (nitronic acid) form. In a

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