noun Chemistry.
- an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
noun
- any organic compound containing the group -CH:CO-, often existing in chemical equilibrium with the corresponding keto formSee keto-enol tautomerism
n.
- An organic compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom that in turn forms a double bond with another carbon atom.