tropine

[ troh-peen, -pin ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 15 NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.

tropine

/ ˈtrəʊpiːn; -pɪn /

noun

1. a white crystalline poisonous hygroscopic alkaloid obtained by heating atropine or hyoscyamine with barium hydroxide. Formula: C 8 H 15 NO

Word History and Origins

Origin of tropine¹

First recorded in 1880–85; aphetic variant of atropine

Word History and Origins

Origin of tropine¹

C19: shortened from atropine

Example Sentences

Atropine can be formed by uniting tropine and tropic acid, the two decomposition products already noted.

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In addition to the types of compounds enumerated above we may also notice purin, tropine and the terpenes.

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On the other hand, by heating tropic acid and tropine together, atropine is regenerated.

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Before my researches nothing was known of the constitution of tropine.

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Since both these substances have been synthesized (see Tropine), the artificial formation of atropine is accomplished.

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