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ENOL (EE-nahl) An
alkene with hydroxyl group on one of the carbon atoms of the
double bond
Enol (or, more officially, but less commonly: alkenol) is an alkene with hydroxyl group on one of the carbon atoms of the double bond. Enols and carbonyl compounds (such as ketones and aldehydes) are in fact isomers; this is called keto-enol tautomerism:
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