烯醇（Enol）指的是双键碳上连有羟基的一类化合物，其与羰基化合物成互变异构：

通常在平衡中烯醇式占的很少。这是由于氧的电负性大于碳，因而碳氧双键更加稳定。

随着α氢的活泼性增大，失去氢后形成的碳负离子稳定性增大，烯醇式也能成为平衡中主要的存在形式。比如1,3-二羰基化合物中烯醇式的比例明显增加。类似的例子还可以是1,1,1-三氟-2,4-戊二酮。

酮式及烯醇式的含量和溶剂的极性也很有关系，非质子溶剂对烯醇式有利，因为可以帮助分子内氢键的形成。如乙酰乙酸乙酯的烯醇式含量在乙醇中为10%-13%，而在正己烷中为49%。

Enols, or more formally, alkenols, are a type of reactive structure or intermediate in organic chemistry that is represented as an alkene (olefin) with a hydroxyl group attached to one end of the alkene double bond. The terms enol and alkenol are portmanteaus deriving from "-ene"/"alkene" and the "-ol" suffix indicating the hydroxyl group of alcohols, dropping the terminal "-e" of the first term. Generation of enols often involves removal of a hydrogen adjacent (α-) to the carbonyl group—i.e., deprotonation, its removal as a proton, H. When this proton is not returned at the end of the stepwise process, the result is an anion termed an enolate (see images at right). The enolate structures shown are schematic; a more modern representation considers the molecular orbitals that are formed and occupied by electrons in the enolate. Similarly, generation of the enol often is accompanied by "trapping" or masking of the hydroxy group as an ether, such as a silyl enol ether.