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Definition of Carbinol

1. n. Methyl alcohol, CH₃OH; -- also, by extension, any one in the homologous series of paraffine alcohols of which methyl alcohol is the type.

Definition of Carbinol

1. Noun. (obsolete organic compounds uncountable) The compound methanol. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete organic chemistry countable) Any substituted methanol. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Carbinol

1. an alcohol [n -S] - See also: alcohol

Medical Definition of Carbinol

1. CH3OH;a flammable, toxic, mobile liquid, used as an industrial solvent, antifreeze, and in chemical manufacture; ingestion may result in severe acidosis, visual impairment, and other effects on the central nervous system. Synonym: carbinol, methanol, pyroligneous alcohol, pyroligneous spirit, pyroxylic spirit, wood alcohol, wood naphtha, wood spirit. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbinol

Literary usage of Carbinol

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"A highly satisfactory method of preparing this carbinol is offered by the reaction of benzophenone chloride and phenol under the following conditions: ..."

2. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1880)
"Primary carbinol. Secondary carbinol. Tertiär; carbinol. It should be observed, however, that in a secondary alcohol it is not necessary that both the monad ..."

3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"Primary propyl alcohol, or ethyl carbinol Primary butyl alcohol, ... The tertiary alcohols would be tri-substitution products of carbinol. ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1833)
"Propyl a Ethyl carbinol Since the paraffins can be formulated as derivatives of methane (see p. 556), and the present series of alcohols ae derivatives of ..."

5. Lessons in Elementary Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe (1882)
"The first term of this class is that of the 4 carbon series, tertiary butyl-alcohol, or trimethyl carbinol, obtained by the action of zinc methyl on acetyl ..."

6. Practical organic and bio-chemistry by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1920)
"Together with primary isobutyl alcohol and propyl alcohol the two amyl alcohols, isobutyl carbinol and laevo-secondary butyl carbinol, are the principal ..."

7. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1896)
"carbinol-sulphate. S. and J. 263. g. Solid Green YYO cryst. ... Wool Green S. Sodium salt of tetra-methyl-di- triphenyl-carbinol-mono-sulphonic acid. ..."

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