picoline

Related to picoline: Picolinic acid, picholine, Picholine olives

pic·o·line

(pĭk′ə-lēn′, pī′kə-)

Any of three isomeric liquids, C₆H₇N, related to pyridine and derived from coal tar, horse urine, and rendered bones, that are variously used as industrial solvents, waterproofing agents, intermediates in dyes and resins, and in the synthesis of picolinic acid and niacin.

[Latin pix, pic-, pitch + -ol + -ine.]

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picoline

(ˈpɪkəˌliːn; -lɪn)

(Elements & Compounds) a liquid derivative of pyridine found in bone oil and coal tar; methylpyridene. Formula: C5H4N(CH3)

[C19: from Latin pic-, pix pitch² + -ol² + -ine²]

picolinic adj

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pic•o•line

(ˈpɪk əˌlin, -lɪn)

n.

any of three liquid isomers of pyridine having the formula C₆H₇N, obtained from coal tar and used as a solvent.

[1850–55; < Latin pic- (s. of pix) pitch² + -ol² + -ine²]

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Together, these projects provided a 35% increase in capacity for beta picoline, a key raw material input used to produce 3-cyanopyridine and vitamin B3."