Flash photolytic generation and study of the enol of 2-hydroxy-2-cyano-N-methylacetamide in aqueous solution, leading to an empirically-based estimate of the keto-enol equilibrium constant for the parent unsubstituted acetamide in that medium.

Flash photolytic generation and study of the enol of 2-hydroxy-2-cyano-N-methylacetamide in aqueous solution, leading to an empirically-based estimate of the keto-enol equilibrium constant for the parent unsubstituted acetamide in that medium.