Piperidine Definition

pī-pĕrĭ-dēn, pĭ-
noun
A colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, (CH2)5NH, found in many alkaloids and obtained by reducing pyridine or by treating piperine with alkali: used in making rubber, oils, fuels, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Piperidine

Noun

Singular:
piperidine
Plural:
piperidines

Origin of Piperidine

  • piper(ine) –id(e) –ine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Piperidine Sentence Examples

  • Alcoholic potash decomposes it into piperidine, C5H,1N, and piperic acid, C 12 H 10 O 4.

  • Braun (Ber., 1904, 37, p. 35 8 3) has prepared pentamethylene derivatives from piperidine by the action of phosphorus pentachloride.

  • Piperidine or hexa-hydropyridine, C 5 H 11 N, was first obtained in 1848 by distilling piperine with lime.

  • The piperidine ring is easily split.

  • The a-propyl piperidine so obtained is the inactive (racemic) form of conine, and it can be resolved into the dextroand laevo-varieties by means of dextro-tartaric acid, the d-conine d-tartrate with caustic soda giving d-conine closely resembling the naturally occurring alkaloid.

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Words Starting With

PPIPIP

Words Ending With

ENEINE

Unscrambles

piperidine

Words Starting With P and Ending With E

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