pinacolone

P3I1N1A1C3O1L1O1N1E1

noun

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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Meanings

nounpinacolone (countable and uncountable, plural pinacolones)

plural pinacolones

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA ketone with a peppermint odour, used mainly in the synthesis of triazolylpinacolone to produce the fungicide triadimefon and in synthesis of the herbicide metribuzin.

Origin

From pinacol + -one?

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Napoleonic
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APA

pinacolone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinacolone

MLA

“pinacolone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinacolone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pinacolone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinacolone.

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