enolate

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noun chemistry any metal salt of the enol form of a tautomeric aldehyde or ketone

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It exploits the promiscuous aldolase activity of the enzyme macrophomate synthase (MPS) to add pyruvate enolate diastereoselectively to a wide range of structurally complex aldehydes.

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(The mixture gradually became homogeneous as the precipitated Na-enolate salt of the di-Me-acetonedicarboxylate re-dissolved with heating).

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This structure has a resonance form, an enolate ion, in which a double bond is formed between this negative carbon and the carbonyl carbon, the C-O bond becomes a single bond, and the negative charge is placed on the oxygen atom.

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
Protonation of the carbonyl oxygen favors formation of the enolate

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Aldol condensation reactions occur when the carbanion carbon of an enolate reacts with the carbonyl carbon of a ketone or aldehyde, forming a new carbon-carbon bond.

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