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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)
- (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.
Derived terms
Translations
any of a class of hetercyclic compounds
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