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pinacols

pinacols is the plural of pinacol.

Meaning of pinacol

Noun

pinacol (plural pinacols)

  1. any tetra-substituted derivative of ethylene glycol, of general formula R₂C(OH)-C(OH)R₂, especially the simplest example where R is methyl

Questions about pinacols

What is pinacols the plural of?
Pinacols is the plural of pinacol.

Words near pinacols in the dictionary

  1. pinacolic
  2. pinacolin
  3. pinacolins
  4. pinacolone
  5. pinacolones
  6. pinacols
  7. pinacolyl
  8. pinacolyls
  9. pinacone
  10. pinacones
  11. pinacotheca

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