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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Tetramethylpyri-dine, C5HN(CH3)4. Of the several isomeric varieties, the principal one is 2,3,4,5-tetra-methylpyridine, an oil which occurs in coal-tar. Other varieties are made by distilling bituminous shales, heating cinchonine with potash, or by the decay of horse-fiesh or mackerel. They are basic oils which form salts with acids.
Wiktionary
- n. organic chemistry A base of the pyridine group, found in coal tar.
- n. organic chemistry Any of the series of isometric substances of which parvoline is the type.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Chem.) A liquid base, C9H13N, of the pyridine group, found in coal tar; also, any one of the series of isomeric substances of which it is the type.
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“Cigarettes not only contain carbon monoxide but also contain poisonous gases like ammonia, butane, nicotine, carbolic acid, formic aldehyde, prussic acid, pyridine, parvoline, arsenic and cadmium.”
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