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enol
[ ee-nawl, ee-nol ]
noun
, Chemistry.
- an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
enol
/ ˈiːnɒl /
noun
- any organic compound containing the group -CH:CO-, often existing in chemical equilibrium with the corresponding keto form See keto-enol tautomerism
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Derived Forms
- eˈnolic, adjective
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Other Words From
- e·nol·ic [ee-, nol, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of enol1
C19: from -ene + -ol 1
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Example Sentences
Todd also went along with the keto configurations, saying that his organic-chemist friends had drawn enol groups for purely arbitrary reasons.
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He was just as sure that thymine was also wrongly assigned an enol configuration.
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Here there was no doubt that the keto form, not the enol, was present.
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