Definition of "enol" []

• An organic compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom, which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom. (noun)

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• "A paper entitled "The Detection of Ethylketen and enol-Crotonaldehyde in the Vapour-phase Photolysis of trans-Crotonaldehyde" reported some of my work in 1968 after I had moved on to graduate school."
• "We could show spectroscopically that the enol-aldehyde of methylglyoxal was really the enzyme's product49."
• "The formation of an enol may explain the anti-microbial properties since enols are known to show disinfectant properties."