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Write the tautomerism in sulphurous acid.

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Sulphurous acid has two tautomeric forms.
`underset("(I)")(O=underset(OH)underset("| ")"S "-O)hharr underset("(II)")(HK-overset(H)overset(|)underset(O)underset(||)S=O)`
Structure I is prefereed as the sulphite `(SO_(3)^(2-))` salts are familier for sulphurous acid.
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