triol, n. Org. Chem.
(ˈtraɪɒl)
[f. tri- 5 a + -ol.]
Any alcohol that contains three hydroxyl groups; a trihydric alcohol.
| 1959 Cram & Hammond Org. Chem. iii. 38 Aliphatic and alicyclic compounds containing two hydroxyl groups are referred to as glycols; three hydroxyl groups, as trihydric alcohols... Alternate terms are diols, triols, and polyols. 1965 Canad. Jrnl. Biochem. XLIII. 1893 Soluble preparations of erythrocytes, which are active in catalyzing dehydrogenation of the triols..have now been obtained. 1983 Norman & Waddington Mod. Org. Chem. (ed. 4) x. 154 Propane-1,2,3,-triol is the simplest trihydric alcohol (triol). |