"enol" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: enols [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} enol (plural enols)
  1. (organic chemistry) An organic compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which is doubly bonded to another carbon atom. Wikidata QID: Q408053 Wikipedia link: enol Categories (topical): Organic compounds Synonyms (compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which is doubly bonded to another carbon): alkenol Derived forms: cis-enol, enolboration, enolic, enolized, epoprostenol, haloenol, phosphoenol, tetraenol, trans-enol Related terms: enolase, enolate, enolization, enolize, aldol, keto, tautomerism Translations (compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which is doubly bonded to another carbon): enol [masculine] (Catalan), 烯醇 (xīchún) (Chinese Mandarin), enoli (Finnish), énol [masculine] (French), enol (Hungarian), eanól [masculine] (Irish), enolo [masculine] (Italian), エノール (enōru) (Japanese), 엔올 (enol) (Korean), enol [masculine] (Polish), enol [masculine] (Portuguese), enol [masculine] (Spanish)

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