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Enol and keto tautomers of methyl 3-oxo pentanoate could be separated on a HP-5 capillary column. The chromatographic peaks were identified by examining characteristic mass ions arose from the corresponding enol and keto molecular ions. The study showed that the area percentage of enol tautomer is a function of temperature of the column. Treating the column as a reactor, the energy of activation for the on-column tautomerization could be extracted (35.1 kJ mol−1) by monitoring the loss of the enol tautomer, because the reaction is found to obey pseudo first-order kinetics. The enthalpy and the entropy changes (ΔH = −3.98 kJ mol−1, ΔS = −7.89 J K−1mol−1) for the enol-to-keto reaction in the stationary phase were also obtained.
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Zhao, Y., Feng, J., Chen, G. et al. Study on the Tautomer Interconversion of 3-Oxo Pentanoate During Gas Chromatography. Chroma 63, 161–166 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1365/s10337-005-0710-9
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