keto form

/ ˈkiːtəʊ /

noun

1. the form of tautomeric compounds when they are ketones rather than enols See keto-enol tautomerism

Example Sentences

All his chemical intuition told him that it would occur in the keto form.

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There was no questioning of the decision to put guanine and thymine in the keto form.

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Here there was no doubt that the keto form, not the enol, was present.

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Moreover, he felt sure that the quantum-mechanical arguments which showed why diketopiperazine has the keto form should also hold for guanine and thymine.

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