Pinacolin

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pinacolin \Pi*nac"o*lin\, n. [Pinacone + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.)
     A colorless oily liquid related to the ketones, and obtained
     by the decomposition of pinacone; hence, by extension, any
     one of the series of which pinacolin proper is the type.
     [Written also {pinacoline}.]
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