smartgene - 5-8-2016 at 15:42
hey I was wondering is hypochlorous acid powerful enough to do a enolization on ketones to form the enol or is there other reagents that can form the
enol that commercially available at a hardware store
DraconicAcid - 5-8-2016 at 16:31
For a ketone to turn into an enol requires a tautomerization. This is an unfavourable equilibrium. You're better off deprotonating the ketone to
give the enolate, and that requires a strong base such as ethoxide.