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ketols

ketols is the plural of ketol.

Meaning of ketol

Noun

ketol (plural ketols)

  1. A hydroxyketone (e.g., an acyloin).
    • 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.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

Questions about ketols

What is ketols the plural of?
Ketols is the plural of ketol.

Words near ketols in the dictionary

  1. ketoles
  2. ketoleucine
  3. ketolic
  4. ketolide
  5. ketolides
  6. ketols
  7. ketolysis
  8. ketolytic
  9. ketomethylenamine
  10. ketomethylenamines
  11. ketomycolate

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