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sharbeldam:
What is the mechanism of this reaction ( metabolism of a drug )

Thanks for help

I would have put my try but I honestly have no idea how the liver does this for the drug. it converted a single bond to enol.

Babcock_Hall:
As you know, it is up to you to share you thoughts before we can help you.  I will try to give you a start.  How would you classify the reaction that you have drawn (meaning is it an isomerization, reduction, etc.)?  What liver enzymes do you know that are involved with xenobiotics?

AWK:
It is probably enzymatic oxidation by one of from cytochrome P450 family.

sharbeldam:
I might be of a beginner level, I know it's enzymatic but the oxidation that I know in chemical synthesis do not usually transform single bond to enol, is there a mechanism  ( a specific reaction that we learn in O-chem ) that explains how an enzyme does this?

AWK:
Enzymic reactions are always stepwise.

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