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pristane [′pri‚stān]

(organic chemistry)

C₁₉H₄₀A liquid soluble in such organic solvents as ether, petroleum ether, benzene, chloroform, and carbon tetrachloride; used as a lubricant, as an oil in transformers, and as an anticorrosion agent. Also known as norphytane.

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