quinoline
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.
Origin of quinoline
1- Also called leucoline.
Words Nearby quinoline
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How to use quinoline in a sentence
Most of these are of a basic character, and belong to the pyridine and the quinoline series.
It condenses readily with aniline to give αγ-dimethyl quinoline.
Absence of change shows phosphine, quinoline yellow, or a natural dye-stuff.
The Manufacture of Paper | Robert Walter SindallBeyond the fact that when they are hydrolyzed they yield quinoline and indole, their composition is unknown.
The Chemistry of Plant Life | Roscoe Wilfred ThatcherThis is not exactly the case with the higher groups of alkaloids—the derivatives of pyridine and quinoline.
British Dictionary definitions for quinoline
/ (ˈkwɪnəˌliːn, -lɪn) /
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: C 9 H 7 N
any substituted derivative of quinoline
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Scientific definitions for quinoline
[ kwĭn′ə-lēn′, -lĭn ]
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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