Category:Quinoline

Quin"o*line, n. Etym: [quinine + l. oleum oil + -ine.] (chem.)

Defn: a nitrogenous base, c9h7n obtained as a pungent colorless Liquid by the distillation of alkaloids, bones, coal tar, etc. It the Nucleus of many organic bodies, especially of certain alkaloids and Related substances; hence, by extension, any one of the series of Alkaloidal bases of which quinoline proper is the type. [written also Chinoline.]