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Pyridine
Pyr′i-dine
,Noun.
[From Gr. [GREEK] fire.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A nitrogenous base,
C5H5N
, obtained from the distillation of bone oil or coal tar, and by the decomposition of certain alkaloids, as a colorless liquid with a peculiar pungent odor. It is the nucleus of a large number of organic substances, among which several vegetable alkaloids, as nicotine and certain of the ptomaïnes, may be mentioned. See Lutidine
. Definition 2024
pyridine
pyridine
English
Noun
pyridine (plural pyridines)
- (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of five carbon atoms and an nitrogen atom; especially the simplest one, C5H5N.
Derived terms
- furopyridine
- trimethylpyridine
Translations
any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds
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