Enolize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Enolize is a verb meaning (organic chemistry, intransitive) To become an enol or enolate, often through isomerization.
Meaning
(organic chemistry, intransitive) To become an enol or enolate, often through isomerization.
More Meanings
- (organic chemistry, transitive) To convert into an enol or enolate.
Example Sentences
If we condense two species where one cannot enolize, then this principle reduces our number of primary products to two.
The phosphorus tribromide is then formed in situ. Carboxylic acids that enolize easily will also react without a catalyst present.
As in base-catalyzed reactions, crossed reactions between two carbonyl compounds each of which can enolize are likely to result in a mixture of four products.
These differences have been attributed to the ability of free saccharides to enolize in basic media and to the resistance of hydrazones to do so, as detailed next.
Word Forms
- enolizes
- enolizing
- enolized
- enolise
Related Words
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