enol

See also: énol

English

A generalised enol structure diagram

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• cis-enol
• trans-enol

Related terms

• enolase
• enolate
• enolization
• enolize

Translations

compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which is doubly bonded to another carbon

• Catalan: enol m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烯醇 (xīchún)

• Finnish: enoli (fi)
• French: énol (fr) m
• Hungarian: enol
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: enolo m
• Japanese: エノール (enōru)
• Korean: 엔올 (enol)
• Portuguese: enol m
• Spanish: enol m

See also

• aldol
• keto
• tautomerism

Anagrams

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

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Spanish

Noun

enol m (plural enoles)

1. (organic chemistry) enol