Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A strongly basic, colorless liquid heterocyclic amine, C5H11N, used in the manufacture of rubber and as a curing agent in epoxy resins.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A volatile alkaloid (C5H11N) produced by the action of alkalis on piperine.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) An oily liquid alkaloid, C5H11N, having a hot, peppery, ammoniacal odor. It is related to pyridine, and is obtained by the decomposition of piperine.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry An alicyclic heterocycle, containing 5 carbon atoms and one nitrogen atom, formally derived by the hydrogenation of pyridine; many of its derivatives are alkaloids or pharmaceuticals

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[piper(ine) + –id(e) + –ine.]

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Examples

  • Phenyl cyclohexyl piperidine, better known as PCP or “Angel Dust,” was originally developed as a surgical anesthetic for use with humans.

    Helping the Addict You Love M.D. Laurence M. Westreich 2007

  • The fourth and final group of addictive substances includes anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS); inhalants like nitrous oxide, amyl nitrate, and solvents; phenyl cyclohexyl piperidine (PCP), which is also known as “Angel Dust”; and Ketamine.

    Helping the Addict You Love M.D. Laurence M. Westreich 2007

  • Phenyl cyclohexyl piperidine, better known as PCP or “Angel Dust,” was originally developed as a surgical anesthetic for use with humans.

    Helping the Addict You Love M.D. Laurence M. Westreich 2007

  • The fourth and final group of addictive substances includes anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS); inhalants like nitrous oxide, amyl nitrate, and solvents; phenyl cyclohexyl piperidine (PCP), which is also known as “Angel Dust”; and Ketamine.

    Helping the Addict You Love M.D. Laurence M. Westreich 2007

  • Phenyl cyclohexyl piperidine, better known as PCP or “Angel Dust,” was originally developed as a surgical anesthetic for use with humans.

    Helping the Addict You Love M.D. Laurence M. Westreich 2007

  • The fourth and final group of addictive substances includes anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS); inhalants like nitrous oxide, amyl nitrate, and solvents; phenyl cyclohexyl piperidine (PCP), which is also known as “Angel Dust”; and Ketamine.

    Helping the Addict You Love M.D. Laurence M. Westreich 2007

  • Lipids, sterols and a piperidine alkaloid from Prosopis spigigera leaves.

    Chapter 5 1953

  • Prof. Filehne, of Erlangen, who has studied a large number of these pyridine and quinoline derivatives, found, moreover, that the hydrochlorate of ethyl-piperidine had a physiological action quite analogous to that of conine.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various

  • _Piperine_ has also been made by the uniting of piperidine and piperic acid, and, as piperidine has already been formed from pyridine, we have here a true synthesis also.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various

  • The formula of conine, C_ {8} H_ {17} N, shows it to be homologous with piperidine, C_ {5} H_ {11} N, a derivative of piperine, the alkaloid of pepper, to be spoken of later; and, just as piperidine is derived from pyridine by the action of reducing agents, so conine is probably derived from a propyl-pyridine.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various

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