Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An organic base (C12H13NO3 + H2O) formed from narcotine by the action of oxidizing agents, as manganese dioxid. It is nonvolatile, and has a bitter taste and faintly alkaline reaction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A white, crystalline substance, C12H13NO3, obtained as a product of the decomposition of narcotine. It has weak basic properties, and is usually regarded as an alkaloid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A white
crystalline substance, C12H13NO3, obtained fromdecomposition ofnarcotine .
Etymologies
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French, from narcotine, by transposition of letters.
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Examples
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The base cotarnine also results from the prolonged heating of narcotine with water alone.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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_Narcotine_, another of the opium alkaloids, when heated with manganese dioxide and sulphuric acid, is oxidized and splits apart into opianic acid, C_ {10} H_ {10} O_ {5}, and cotarnine, C_ {12} H_ {13} NO_ {3}.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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