noun
- Plural of carbinol; organic compounds containing a hydroxyl group (-OH) bonded to a carbon atom that is also bonded to three other groups.
Usage: chemistry; technical term
Examples
- Carbinols are classified as primary, secondary, or tertiary based on the number of alkyl groups attached to the carbon bearing the hydroxyl group.
- The chemist synthesized several carbinols for the laboratory experiment.
- Methanol is the simplest carbinol, containing only one carbon atom.
- Carbinols play an important role in organic synthesis and industrial chemistry.