Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The collective name of the various isomeric dimethylpyridines, (CH3)2C5H3N. They are present in coal-tar oil and in animal-and bone-oil, and resemble pyridine in general properties.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) Any one of several metameric alkaloids, C5H3N.(CH3)2, of the pyridine series, obtained from bone oil as liquids, and having peculiar pungent odors. These alkaloids are also called respectively
dimethyl pyridine ,ethyl pyridine , etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry Any of several
dimethyl derivatives ofpyridine , but especially 2,6-dimethyl pyridine that occurs incoal tar
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Examples
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When distilled with potassium hydrate it yields quinoline, lutidine, and two isomeric collidines.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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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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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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(methyl-pyridine), C_ {5} H_ {4} N (CH_ {3}), _lutidine_ (dimethyl-pyridine),
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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