pinacolone

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English

Etymology

From pinacol +‎ -one?

Noun

pinacolone (countable and uncountable, plural pinacolones)

  1. (organic chemistry) A ketone with a peppermint odour, used mainly in the synthesis of triazolylpinacolone to produce the fungicide triadimefon and in synthesis of the herbicide metribuzin.

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