QUINOLINE


Meaning of QUINOLINE in English

[quin.o.line] n [ISV quinine + [3]-ol +

[2]-ine] (1845) 1: a pungent oily nitrogenous base obtained usu. by distillation of coal tar or by synthesis from aniline that is the parent compound of many alkaloids, drugs, and dyes

2: a derivative of quinoline

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