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

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

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Pentamethylinediamine is the principal intermediary product, and this gives piperidine when distilled with superheated steam.

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If we introduce six hydrogen atoms into pyridine, we convert it into piperidine.

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Piperidine hydrochlorate, also, when heated with excess of bromine to 180° C., yields dibrompyridine.

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