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Originally: the simplest pinacol, 1,4-dimethylpropan-2,3-diol, (CH3)2(OH)C—C(OH)(CH3)2. In later use: any pinacol.
An alcohol having two hydroxyl groups bonded to adjacent tertiary carbon atoms; spec. the simplest alcohol of this kind…