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Pinacolin

Pi-nac′o-lin

,
Noun.
[
Pinac
one + L.
ol
eum oil.]
(Chem.)
A colorless oily liquid related to the ketones, and obtained by the decomposition of pinacone; hence, by extension, any one of the series of which pinacolin proper is the type.
[Written also
pinacoline
.]

Definition 2024


pinacolin

pinacolin

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Alternative forms

  • pinacoline

Noun

pinacolin (plural pinacolins)

  1. (chemistry) A colourless oily liquid related to the ketones, and obtained by the decomposition of pinacone.
  2. (chemistry, by extension) Any of the series of which pinacolin proper is the type.