Enolize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To become an enol or enolate, often through isomerization. intransitive

    "As in base-catalyzed reactions, crossed reactions between two carbonyl compounds each of which can enolize are likely to result in a mixture of four products."

  2. 2
    To convert into an enol or enolate. transitive

    "It was thus proposed that the matched pK values of the dienolate and of Tyr-14 permitted the hydrogen bond between them to become a very strong one, thus providing the energy to enolize the substrate and form the unstable intermediate."

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"As in base-catalyzed reactions, crossed reactions between two carbonyl compounds each of which can enolize are likely to result in a mixture of four products."

Etymology

From enol + -ize.

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