enol
/ˈiːn.ɒl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.83 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An organic compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "A solution to the use of the thermodynamic ketone enolate lies in the selective formation and reaction of silyl enol ethers."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English alkene Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. Middle English alcofol English alcohol English -ol English alkenolclip. English enol Clipping of alkenol.
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
cis-enol
trans-enol