- Lutidine by Webster's
... n.) 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.
- Collidine by Webster's
... n.) 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.
- pyridine by Alyssa Hunter
Or azine., C 5H 5N, colorless, flammable, toxic liquid with a putrid odor. It melts at −42°C and boils at 115.5°C. Chemically, it is a heterocyclic aromatic tertiary amine (see under amino group ). Its molecule resembles that of benzene, one carbon-hydrogen unit in the benzene ring being replaced with a nitrogen molecule. It is miscible with water and with most organic solvents. Its ...
- Pyridine by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
a heterocyclic compound. Colorless liquid with a characteristic odor. Melting point, — 41.6°C; boiling point, 115.3°C; density, 0.9832 g/cm 3 (at 20°C). The structural formulaPyridine is a weak base that is miscible in all proportions with water and most organic solvents. It forms salts with acids as well as with alkyl halides (RX); the alkyl halide salts are called N-alkyl pyridinium ...
- Oxalethyline by Webster's
... n.) A poisonous nitrogenous base (C6H10N2) obtained indirectly from oxamide as a thick transparent oil which has a strong narcotic odor, and a physiological action resembling that of atropine. It is probably related to pyridine.