pinacolone
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]pinacolone (countable and uncountable, plural pinacolones)
- (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.