tautomerism requires a change in molecular geometry and should not be confused with canonical resonance structures or mesomers.

Inorganic materials

In inorganic extended solids, valence tautomerism can manifest itself in the change of oxidation states its spatial distribution upon the change of macroscopic thermodynamic conditions. Such effects have been called charge ordering or valence mixing to describe the behavior in inorganic oxides.

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