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Thermodynamic cycles which divide tautomerization of carboxylic acid derivatives (KE) into separate steps for proton transfer at carbon [(Ka)CH] and at a heteroatom [1/(Ka)XH]. (A) Enolization at α–carbonyl carbon. (B) Tautomerization of acetonitrile.