Why nitroalkanes called pseudo acids
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Nitroalkanes: Nitroalkanes are colourless liquids. They are readily soluble in organic solvents. They have higher boiling points than the alkanes because of their highly polar nature. Nitroalkanes are stable.
Reasons:
Primary and secondary nitroalkanes show tautomerism. Tautomers are isomers that differ only in the position of the protons and electrons. The carbon skeleton is unchanged.
The nitroform is called the pseudo acid form.
The nitroform is more stable due to resonance and equilibrium almost completely lies towards it.
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Nitroalkanes- Any alkane containing a nitro group (-NO2) is called nitroalkane.
Example- Nitromethane and nitroethane.
Tautomarism-
Tautomers are constitutional isomers of organic compounds that readily interconvert. This reaction commonly results in the relocation of a proton.
Primary and secondary nitroalkanes show tautomerism.
There are two forms
1)nitro form aka pseudo acids
more stable due to resonance
2)isonitro form aka nitronic acids