Definition of Ketol

1. n. One of a series of series of complex nitrogenous substances, represented by methyl ketol and related to indol.

Definition of Ketol

1. Noun. (organic chemistry) acyloin ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ketol

1. a chemical compound [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ketol

1. One of a series of series of complex nitrogenous substances, represented by methyl ketol and related to indol. Methyl ketol, a weak organic base, obtained as a white crystalline substance having the odour of faeces. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ketol

ketoglutarate
ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex
ketoglutarates
ketoglutaric
ketoglutaric acid
ketoglutaric acids
ketogluterate
ketoheptose
ketoheptoses
ketohexose
ketohexoses
ketohydroxyestrin
ketoic
ketoisovalerate
ketoisovaleric acid
ketol (current term)
ketol-acid reductoisomerase
ketole
ketolide
ketolides
ketols
ketolytic
ketonaemia
ketonaemic
ketone
ketone-aldehyde mutase
ketone alcohol
ketone bodies
ketone body

Literary usage of Ketol

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry ; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds by Victor von Richter (1900)
"Thus, a-methyl indol (methyl ketol) yielded ... ketol form a tricyclic coi densation product (B. 26, 1298): -H, CO . CH, which can also be regarded as a ..."

2. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1900)
"Thus, a-methyl indol (methyl ketol) yielded ... ketol form a tricyclic condensation product (B. 26, 1298): II CHj CO which can also be regarded as a ..."

3. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1900)
"Thus, a-methyl indol (methyl ketol) yielded ... ketol back to methyl ketol ( B. 27, 827). ... ketol form a tricyclic condensation product (B. 26, ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1903)
"... or from dimethyl ketol, CH3—CHOH—CO—CH,. The latter compound benig a ketone, alcohol is closely allied to the sugars and, as described by Pechmann,* ..."

5. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"CH.,, or Dimethyl ketol, corresponds to benzoin of the aromatic series. It is prepared by reducing diacetyl (p. 326) with zinc and sulphuric acid. ..."

6. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"CH3, but this loses water and becomes methyl ketol: ... ('M»+ ""U' Methyl ketol. ..."

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