Subject: 2-BUTANONE KETO/ENOL TRANSITION STATE

From: "E. Lewars" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 11:24:52 -0500 (EST)

Re the query about finding the 2-butanone keto/enol TS: one possibility is to 
find the keto/enol TS for the _simplest_ keto/enol tautomerization, ethanal/
ethenol (acetaldehyde/ vinyl alcohol), then replace the appropriate H's by
CH3 groups, and subject this new structure to a TS optimization.
Errol Lewars
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