enol

enol (plural enols)

2. (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 (pK_E) plays little or no role in the relative acidity of enols for example, as in the case of 45 and 45’²⁴³.

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

• enolase
• enolate
• enolization
• enolize

• aldol
• keto
• tautomerism

• lone, Noël, Leno, Noel, leno, neol., Léon, one L, Nole, noël, Leon, nole, noel, NOEL, elon, Elno, Elon, León

Internationalism; compare English enol.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.nɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɛnɔl
• Syllabification: e‧nol

enol m inan

1. (organic chemistry) enol

enol m (plural enoles)

1. (organic chemistry) enol