pinacolyl alcohol

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| Name = Pinacolyl alcohol

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| PIN = 3,3-Dimethylbutan-2-ol

| OtherNames = 3,3-Dimethyl-2-butanol

| Reference =

{{Citation

| last = Lide

| first = David R.

| year = 1998

| title = Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

| edition = 87

| publication-place = Boca Raton, Florida

| publisher = CRC Press

| isbn = 0-8493-0594-2

| pages = 3-214, 8-106

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|Section1={{Chembox Identifiers

| CASNo_Ref = {{cascite|correct|CAS}}

| CASNo = 464-07-3

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| UNII = 5BV6T1107J

| StdInChIKey_Ref = {{stdinchicite|correct|chemspider}}

| StdInChIKey = DFOXKPDFWGNLJU-UHFFFAOYSA-N

| SMILES = CC(C)(C)C(C)O

| ChEMBL_Ref = {{ebicite|correct|EBI}}

| ChEMBL = 457417

| PubChem = 10045

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| ChemSpiderID = 9650

| SMILES2 = OC(C)C(C)(C)C

| StdInChI_Ref = {{stdinchicite|correct|chemspider}}

| StdInChI = 1S/C6H14O/c1-5(7)6(2,3)4/h5,7H,1-4H3

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|Section2={{Chembox Properties

| C=6 | H=14 | O=1

| Density = 0.8122 g/cm³

| MeltingPtC = 5.6

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| BoilingPtC = 120.4

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| Solubility = 25 g/L

| SolubleOther = very soluble in ethanol, diethyl ether

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Pinacolyl alcohol (also known as 3,3-dimethylbutan-2-ol and as pine alcohol) is one of the isomeric hexanols and a secondary alcohol.

Pinacolyl alcohol appears on the List of Schedule 2 substances of the Chemical Weapons Convention as a precursor for the nerve agent soman.