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(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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Pinacolone means (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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