Definition of Pinitol

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinitol

piniest
piniform
pinin
pining
piningly
pinion and crown wheel
pinion and ring gear
pinioned
pinioning
pinionist
pinionists
pinions
pinite
pinites
pinitol (current term)
pinitols
pink-and-white everlasting
pink-collar
pink-eye
pink-eyes
pink-slipped
pink 'un
pink bollworm
pink calla
pink cigars
pink cockatoo

Literary usage of Pinitol

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

1. The Simple Carbohydrates and the Glucosides by Edward Frankland Armstrong (1919)
"... it crystallises in anhydrous prisms which melt at 247°-248<, C., and have [a]D + 65°; it does not show mutarotation. pinitol, also known as ..."

2. The Optical Rotating Power of Organic Substances and Its Practical Applications by Hans Landolt, Otto Schönrock, Paul Lindner (1902)
"Methyl-d-inositol, pinitol, C6H,,OI..CH,1. Alcohol ["•]/> + 65.51° » Water ... identical with pinitol. Melting-point, 187°. Water [a]c = + 66.0° " Water, ..."

3. Watts' Manual of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical (based on Fownes' Manual). by Henry Watts, George Fownes, William Augustus Tilden (1886)
"pinitol or Finite is a substance isomeric with, and probably closely related to, ... pinitol, C6H12O6, is contained in the sap of a Californian pine (Pinus ..."

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