Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A secondary amine (C4H5N) of feebly basic character and heterocyclic structure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A nitrogenous heterocyclic base found in coal tar, bone oil, and other distillates of organic substances, and also produced synthetically as a colorless liquid, C4H5N, having on odor like that of chloroform. It is the nucleus and origin of a large number of derivatives. So called because it colors a splinter of wood moistened with hydrochloric acid a
deep red .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated Alternative spelling of
pyrrole .
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Examples
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When cinchonine is distilled with solid potassium hydrate, it yields pyrrol and bases of both the pyridine and quinoline series.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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Bernheimer [146] reported water, caffein, caffeol, acetic acid, quinol, methylamin, acetone, fatty acids and pyrrol in the distillate coming from roasting coffee.
All About Coffee 1909
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