Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A ptomain prepared by Neucki from decaying glue. It is an oily, colorless liquid (C8H11N), has an agreeable odor, and is very poisonous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) One of a class of organic bases, C8H11N, usually pungent oily liquids, belonging to the pyridine series, and obtained from bone oil, coal tar, naphtha, and certain alkaloids.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry Any of six isomers of
trimethyl pyridine
Etymologies
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Examples
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On the other hand, a cigar produces but little pyridine, but more of the less active collidine.
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With various co-workers, the first synthesis of b-collidine and of linalool, the partial synthesis of pinene, and a series of investigations in the monoterpene field were carried out.
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On the other hand, a cigar produces but little pyridine, but more of the less active collidine.
The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken Philip E. Muskett
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When nicotine vapor is passed through a red-hot tube, it yields essentially collidine, and, with this, some pyridine, picoline, lutidine, and gases such as hydrogen, marsh-gas, and ethylene.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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C_ {5} H_ {5} N (CH_ {3}) _ {2}, and _collidine_ (trimethyl-pyridine),
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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Pyridine, picoline, lutidine, and collidine, the first four members of the pyridine series, have, moreover, all been formed synthetically, although the processes are not such as would yield the products as cheaply as they can be gotten from
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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