Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Scaly.
- noun A colorless compound, obtained by the distillation of cinchonine with potassium hydroxid; py-4-methylquinoline. It has an odor of quinoline, melts below 0° C., and boils at 261–263° C. Also called
quinolepidine .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) An organic base, C9H6.N.CH3, metameric with quinaldine, and obtained by the distillation of cinchonine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry 4-methylquinoline, a
heterocyclic aromatic organic compound used in the preparation of certaindyes .
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C_ {9} H_ {7} N, _lepidine_ (methyl-quinoline), C_ {10} H_ {9} N, and
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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Dobner and Miller effected the synthesis of lepidine, the second member of the quinoline series.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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