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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless oily alkaloid, , prepared by the action of dilute acids on tropine. It boils at 162-163° C.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) An alkaloid, C8H13N, obtained by the chemical dehydration of tropine, as an oily liquid having a coninelike odor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A
bicyclic alkaloid obtained by dehydration ofatropine
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Tropine, when heated to 180°C. with concentrated hydrochloric acid, splits off a molecule of water, and yields tropidine, C_ {8} H_ {13} N, a liquid base, with an odor resembling conine.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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When this tropidine is heated with an excess of bromine, it yields dibrompyridine.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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