Pyridine

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:23:48

Pyr"i*dine (?), n. [From Gr. 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 ptomaines, may be mentioned. See Lutidine.

 

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