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Definition of Tautomer
1. a type of chemical compound [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tautomer
Literary usage of Tautomer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Electronic Conception of Valence and the Constitution of Benzene by Harry Shipley Fry (1921)
"In other words, the methyl carbon atom of tautomer I. is ... The existence of
tautomer II. readily lends itself to, and is the essential feature of, ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The physical data were identical with that of the ac/-nitro tautomer formed from the
... To 45 mg of the ot'/'-nitro tautomer was added 5.00 ml of a buffer ..."
3. Diphenyl-beta-naphthylmethyl and the Color of Free Radicals: A Contribution by Frederick William Sullivan (1921)
"Dissociation occurs and is followed by tautomerization of the benzenoid
triphenylmethyl into the quinonoid monomolecular tautomer. The color is attributed ..."
4. The Determination of Hydrogen Ions: An Elementary Treatise on the Hydrogen by William Mansfield Clark (1920)
"In other words it is, after all, the degree of dissociation, as determined by
the hydrogen ion concentration, which determines which tautomer predominates. ..."
5. The Chemistry of Enzyme Actions by Kaufman George Falk (1920)
"Similar actions take place with indicators in aqueous solution, one form
predominating in the presence of acids, the other (tautomer) in the presence of ..."
6. A Text Book of Organic Chemistry by William Albert Noyes (1903)
"The word tautomer was originally used by Laar (Ber. d. chem. ... Since the words
tautomer and tauto. merism are more often used, and are more familiar than ..."
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