Enol

Quick meaning: Enol is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) An organic compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.

Meaning

(organic chemistry) An organic compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.

Example Sentences

A solution to the use of the thermodynamic ketone enolate lies in the selective formation and reaction of silyl enol ethers.

It is interesting to note that relative enol stability (pK_E) plays little or no role in the relative acidity of enols for example, as in the case of 45 and 45’²⁴³.

1996, Ludvik Labler, August Rüttimann, Alfred Giger, Chapter 2: Coupling Reactions: Part I: Enol Ether and Aldol Condensations, George Britton, Synnove Liaaen-Jensen, Hanspeter Pfander (editors), Carotenoids, Volume 2: Synthesis, Springer (Birkhäuser), page 27, Since research on the total synthesis of carotenoids began, the enol ether and the aldol condensations have been frequently used for the formation of carbon-carbon double bonds.

Word Forms

• enols

Synonyms for enol

Depending on context, synonyms include alkenol.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pyruvate, lactone, tautomerization, tautomerism, haloenol, ether.

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