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pinacolin

pinacolin noun: a colourless oily liquid related to the ketones, and obtained by the decomposition of pinacone.

Noun

pinacolin (plural pinacolins)

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

Forms of pinacolin

pluralpinacolins
alternative formpinacoline

Origin of pinacolin

From pinacone + Latin oleum (“oil”) + -in.

Words formed from pinacolin

Questions about pinacolin

What does pinacolin mean?
Pinacolin means a colourless oily liquid related to the ketones, and obtained by the decomposition of pinacone.
What part of speech is pinacolin?
Pinacolin is a noun.
What is the plural of pinacolin?
The plural of pinacolin is pinacolins.

Words near pinacolin in the dictionary

  1. pinacolatoboron
  2. pinacolatos
  3. pinacolborane
  4. pinacolboranes
  5. pinacolic
  6. pinacolin
  7. pinacolins
  8. pinacolone
  9. pinacolones
  10. pinacols
  11. pinacolyl

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