keto form

British

/ ˈkiːtəʊ /

noun

the form of tautomeric compounds when they are ketones rather than enols See keto-enol tautomerism

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Moreover, he felt sure that the quantum-mechanical arguments which showed why diketopiperazine has the keto form should also hold for guanine and thymine.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

There was no questioning of the decision to put guanine and thymine in the keto form.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

All his chemical intuition told him that it would occur in the keto form.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

Here there was no doubt that the keto form, not the enol, was present.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

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