A Simple Mnemonic for Tautomerization Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry

• Chad E. Stephens ^[1]
  1. [1] Augusta State University, Georgia
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 87, Nº 11 (November), 2010, págs. 1186-1187
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The familiar word OREO (as in the cookie) is presented as a simple mnemonic for remembering the basic steps of the classical tautomerization mechanisms in organic chemistry. For acid-catalyzed tautomerizations, OREO stands for proton on, resonance, proton off. For base-catalyzed tautomerizations, OREO stands for proton off, resonance, proton on.