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Picoline

Pic′o-line

,
Noun.
[L.
pix
,
picis
, pitch +
ol
eum oil +
-ine
.]
(Chem.)
Any one of three isometric bases (
C6H7N
) related to pyridine, and obtained from bone oil, acrolein ammonia, and coal-tar naphtha, as colorless mobile liquids of strong odor; – called also
methyl pyridine
.

Definition 2024


picoline

picoline

English

Noun

picoline (plural picolines)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric methyl derivatives of pyridine, analogous to toluene