enol
Noun

enol (plural enols)

  1. (organic compound) 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, Cambridge University Press, 4th Edition, 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, 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.
Synonyms
  • (compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which is doubly bonded to another carbon) alkenol
Related terms Translations
  • French: énol
  • Italian: enolo
  • Portuguese: enol
  • Spanish: enol



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