enol (e´nol) an organic compound in which one carbon of a double-bonded pair is also attached to a hydroxyl group, thus a tautomer of the ketone form; also used as a prefix or infix, often italicized.
enol
e·nol (  nôl , n l)n. An organic compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom that in turn forms a double bond with another carbon atom. e·nol ic (-n l k) adj. |
enol
[ē′nol]
an organic compound with an alcohol or hydroxyl group directly attached (bonded) to a double bond. By transfer of the hydrogen atom from oxygen to carbon, the enol form becomes the (usually more stable) keto form. Such compounds usually exist as enol-keto tautomers.
enol
one of two tautomeric forms of a substance, the other being the keto form; the enol is formed from the keto by migration of hydrogen from the adjacent carbon atom to the carbonyl group.
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