enol

See also: énol

English

A generalised enol structure diagram

Noun

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.

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 (zh) (xīchún)

• Finnish: enoli (fi)
• French: énol (fr) m
• Hungarian: enol
• Irish: eanól m
• Italian: enolo m
• Japanese: エノール (enōru)
• Korean: 엔올 (enol)
• Polish: enol (pl) m
• Portuguese: enol m
• Spanish: enol m

See also

• aldol
• keto
• tautomerism

Anagrams

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

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English enol.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

enol m inan

1. (organic chemistry) enol

Declension

Declension of enol

	singular	plural
nominative	enol	enole
genitive	enolu	enoli
dative	enolowi	enolom
accusative	enol	enole
instrumental	enolem	enolami
locative	enolu	enolach
vocative	enolu	enole

Derived terms

adjective

• enolowy

 

noun

• enolizacja

 

Spanish

Noun

enol m (plural enoles)

1. (organic chemistry) enol