quinoline

[kwin-l-een, -in]

quin·o·line

[kwin-l-een, -in]
noun Chemistry.
a colorless, liquid, water-immiscible, nitrogenous base, C9H7N, having a disagreeable odor, occurring in coal tar, and usually prepared by oxidizing a mixture of glycerol and aniline: used as a solvent and reagent and to make dyes.
Also called leucoline.


Origin:
1835–45; quin(ine) + -ol1 + -ine2
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Quinoline is always a great word to know.
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a colorless, toxic, water-soluble gas having a suffocating odor, used chiefly as a disinfectant and preservative, contained in resins and plastics
a colorless, oily, water-soluble, highly toxic, liquid alkaloid, C10H14N2, found in tobacco and valued as an insecticide
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quinoline (ˈkwɪnəˌliːn, -lɪn)
 
n
1.  an oily colourless insoluble basic heterocyclic compound synthesized by heating aniline, nitrobenzene, glycerol, and sulphuric acid: used as a food preservative and in the manufacture of dyes and antiseptics. Formula: C9H7N
2.  any substituted derivative of quinoline

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quinoline quin·o·line (kwĭn'ə-lēn', -lĭn)
n.
An aromatic organic base synthesized or obtained from coal tar and used as a food preservative and in making antiseptics.

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quinoline   (kwĭn'ə-lēn', -lĭn)  Pronunciation Key 
An aromatic organic liquid having a pungent, tarlike odor. Quinoline is a base and is obtained from coal tar or is synthesized. It is used as a food preservative and in making antiseptics and dyes. Chemical formula: C9H7N.
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quinoline

any of a class of organic compounds of the aromatic heterocyclic series characterized by a double-ring structure composed of a benzene and a pyridine ring fused at two adjacent carbon atoms. The benzene ring contains six carbon atoms, while the pyridine ring contains five carbon atoms and a nitrogen atom. The simplest member of the quinoline family is quinoline itself, a compound with molecular structure C9H7N.

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