Quinoline

[kwinәli:n]

Definition

(n.) A nitrogenous base, C9H7N obtained as a pungent colorless liquid by the distillation of alkaloids, bones, coal tar, etc. It the nucleus of many organic bodies, especially of certain alkaloids and related substances; hence, by extension, any one of the series of alkaloidal bases of which quinoline proper is the type.

Editor: Theresa

Definition

n. a pungent colourless liquid obtained by the distillation of bones coal-tar and various alkaloids—the base of many organic bodies isomeric with Leucol.—Also Chin′oline.

Typed by Bernadine