https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.T06253
The isomerization by which tautomers are interconverted. It is a heterolytic molecular rearrangement and is frequently very rapid.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. (Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 1172 [Terms] [Paper]