Ketol
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkiː.tɒl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ketol is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) A hydroxyketone (e.g., an acyloin).
Meaning
(organic chemistry) A hydroxyketone (e.g., an acyloin).
Example Sentences
Consider the enolization (Scheme 3.26) of the methyl ester of acetoacetic acid, a reaction involving ketol-enol tautomerism.
The steroid acetates are stable derivatives, having the desirable property that the electron-capture detector (ECD) selectively responds to acetyl derivatives of α-ketols [958].
1962, James A. Moore, Erich Heftmann, Chapter 2: Chemistry of the adrenocortical steroids, Helen Wendler Deane, The Adrenocortical Hormones, Part 1, Springer-Verlag, page 221, The 21-hydroxyl group in the α-ketol side chain is very easily esterified, and in many of the synthetic routes leading to these side chains the ketol acetate is still formed.
Word Forms
- ketols
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include isomerase, ketolactone, ketodiol, hydroxyketone, ketolation, hydroxyacetone.
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