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All structures given below are of vitamin $C$ . Most stable of them is:

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The enediol is more stable as compared to other tautomers because the enol form is more stabilized by a favorable intramolecular hydrogen bond. This makes vitamin C to exist as conjugates ene-diol and, not as keto tautomer.

Stream:JEESubject:ChemistryTopic:BiomoleculesSubtopic:Miscellaneous/Mixed

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