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Carbinol

Car′bi-nol

,
Noun.
[
Carbin
(Kolbe’s name for the radical) +
-ol
.]
(Chem.)
Methyl alcohol,
CH3OH
; – also, by extension, any one in the homologous series of paraffine alcohols of which methyl alcohol is the type.

Definition 2024


carbinol

carbinol

English

Noun

carbinol (usually uncountable, plural carbinols)

  1. (obsolete, organic chemistry, uncountable) The compound methanol.
  2. (obsolete, organic chemistry, countable) Any substituted methanol.

Derived terms

  • vinyl carbinol

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