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Definition of Picoline

1. n. Any one of three isometric bases (C₆H₇N) related to pyridine, and obtained from bone oil, acrolein ammonia, and coal-tar naphtha, as colorless mobile liquids of strong odor; -- called also methyl pyridine.

Definition of Picoline

1. Noun. (organic compound) Any of three isomeric methyl derivatives of pyridine, analogous to toluene ¹

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Definition of Picoline

1. a chemical compound [n -S]

Medical Definition of Picoline

1. Any one of three isometric bases (C6H7N) related to pyridine, and obtained from bone oil, acrolein ammonia, and coal-tar naphtha, as colourless mobile liquids of strong odour. Synonym: methyl pyridine. Origin: L. Pix, picis, pitch + oleum oil + -ine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Picoline

Literary usage of Picoline

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1877)
"These two salte may be crystallized from impure picoline. ... picoline dibromide, Ce H, Ñ . Br2, formed by the action of a solution of bromine in chloroform ..."

2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"picoline unites with acids forming salts, most of which are exceedingly ... Hydrochloric acid and picoline mixed in the proportion of one equivalent of each ..."

3. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1857)
"Sulphate of Copper with picoline.— Sulphate of copper dissolves in anhydrous picoline, with separation of basic sulphate of copper, and forms a dark bine ..."

4. Coal-tar and Ammonia by Georg Lunge (1916)
"1414) proved also the presence of /3 picoline. y picoline has also been isolated from these oils by Ahrens (Ber., 1905, p- 155)- The isomeric ..."

5. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1846)
"On the Constitution and Properties of picoline, « new Organic Base from ... Combinations of picoline. picoline forms a series of compounds which are ..."

6. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1873)
"picoline, when pure, is a colorless, transparent, limpid liquid, of powerful and ... picoline has a sp gr. of 0-fli)5. and boils at 1!W° 0. (271° F.). ..."

7. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1867)
"picoline is a colourless, very mobile, oily liquid, of a penetrating odour. It is gradually volatilized ... picoline is soluble in water in all proportions. ..."

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