piperidine

[pi-per-i-deen, -din, pahy-, pip-er-i-]

noun

Chemistry.

1. a colorless, water-soluble liquid, C 5 H 1 1 N, obtained from the alkaloid piperine or from pyridine: used chiefly as a solvent.

piperidine

/ pɪˈpɛrɪˌdiːn, -dɪn /

noun

1. a colourless liquid heterocyclic compound with a peppery ammoniacal odour: used in making rubbers and curing epoxy resins. Formula: C 5 H 11 N

Word History and Origins

Origin of piperidine¹

1850–55; < Latin piper pepper + -id ³ + -ine ¹

Example Sentences

Fentanyl’s core structure is also piperidine.

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Its precursor is not piperidine but benzimidazole, another extremely common chemical used to make legal drugs.

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For example, 4-piperidone is a fentanyl precursor that has been internationally and domestically banned for years — but it’s related to piperidine, one of the most important and widely used building blocks of drug synthesis, used in more than 20 different classes of pharmaceuticals, including cancer drugs, antibiotics and more.

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Its structure is similar to piperidine, a chemical that occurs naturally in certain pepper plants.

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We may take piperidine and coniine as examples of the methods followed in alkaloidal synthesis; these are pyridine bases.

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