ketol
nounUK /ˈkiː.tɒl/ · US /ˈki.tɑl/
Etymology Blend of ketone + indol.
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences A hydroxyketone (e.g., an acyloin).
- 1962, James A. Moore, Erich Heftmann, Chapter 2: Chemistry of the adrenocortical steroids, Helen Wendler Deane, The Adrenocortical Hormones, Part 1, Springer-Verlag, page 221, The 21-hydroxyl group in the α-ketol side chain is very easily esterified, and in many of the synthetic routes leading to these side chains the ketol acetate is still formed.
- Consider the enolization (Scheme 3.26) of the methyl ester of acetoacetic acid, a reaction involving ketol-enol tautomerism.2010, Daniel L. Purich, Enzyme Kinetics: Catalysis and Control, Elsevier, Academic Press, page 201:
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- The steroid acetates are stable derivatives, having the desirable property that the electron-capture detector (ECD) selectively responds to acetyl derivatives of α-ketols [958].2011, Erich Heftmann, Chromatography of Steroids, Elsevier, page 29:
- Derived terms
- ketolated, ketolation, ketolic, methylketol
- Hyponyms
- α-hydroxy ketone, β-hydroxy ketone