The enol functional group is -CCOH, with a double bond between the two carbon atoms. Compounds containing this group are enols, and their conjugate bases--the -C=COH anion--are enolates. This arrangement is also present in phenols and some of the...

Enols (also known as alkenols) are alkenes with a hydroxyl group affixed to one of the carbon atoms composing the double bond. Enols and carbonyl compounds (such as ketones and aldehydes) are in fact isomers; this is called keto-enol...

Magnesium iodide etherate: an efficient mild Lewis acid catalyst for enol acetylation of ketones Enol acetylation of ketones is an important reaction in organic synthesis, especially for 17 [Alpha]-hydroxycorticoids including cortisone.[1] Various methods for enol acetylation of ketones have been reported in...

Enols and enolate anions are intermediates in any number of important organic reactions, as undergraduates quickly learn when early on they have to grapple with the complexities of the iodoform reaction or the aldol condensation. This background is nicely summarised in Kinetics and...