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English

A generalised enol structure diagram
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Noun

enol (plural enols)

  1. (organic chemistry) An organic compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
    • 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.
    • 2004, J. E. Carruthers, W. Carruthers, Iain Coldham, Modern Methods of Organic Synthesis, 4th edition, Cambridge University Press, page 29:
      A solution to the use of the thermodynamic ketone enolate lies in the selective formation and reaction of silyl enol ethers.
    • 2009, Jason Eames, “8: Acid-base properties of enols and enolates”, in Jacob Zabicky, editor, The Chemistry of Metal Enolates, Part 1, Wiley, page 421:
      It is interesting to note that relative enol stability (pKE) plays little or no role in the relative acidity of enols for example, as in the case of 45 and 45243.

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  • (compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which is doubly bonded to another carbon): alkenol

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Internationalism; compare English enol.

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enol m inan

  1. (organic chemistry) enol

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enol m (plural enoles)

  1. (organic chemistry) enol