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Quinoline

Quin′o-line

,
Noun.
[
Quin
ine + L.
ol
eum oil +
-ine
.]
(Chem.)
A nitrogenous base,
C9H7N
obtained as a pungent colorless liquid by the distillation of alkaloids, bones, coal tar, etc. It the nucleus of many organic bodies, especially of certain alkaloids and related substances; hence, by extension, any one of the series of alkaloidal bases of which quinoline proper is the type.
[Written also
chinoline
.]

Definition 2024


quinoline

quinoline

English

Noun

quinoline (plural quinolines)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a benzene ring fused with a pyridine ring; especially the simplest such compound, C9H7N.

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