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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
English
Alternative forms
- pinacoline
Noun
pinacolin (plural pinacolins)
- (chemistry) A colourless oily liquid related to the ketones, and obtained by the decomposition of pinacone.
- (chemistry, by extension) Any of the series of which pinacolin proper is the type.