piperidine
Noun
Meaning
An oily liquid alkaloid, C5H11N, having a hot, peppery, ammoniacal odor. It is related to pyridine, and is obtained by the decomposition of piperine.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Phrases with the word
Examples
A significant industrial application of piperidine is for the production of dipiperidinyl dithiuram tetrasulfide, which is used as a rubber vulcanization accelerator.
It has: * A rigid pentacyclic structure consisting of a benzene ring (A), two partially unsaturated cyclohexane rings (B and C), a piperidine ring (D) and a tetrahydrofuran ring (E).
Conversion of PCP into PC and piperidine by heat.
List of piperidine medications Minoxidil is a piperidine derivative widely used to prevent hair loss.
The piperidine functional group is named after the former, and piperazine (which is not found in P. nigrum in noticeable quantities) was in turn named after piperidine.
This group also includes piperidine alkaloids coniine and coniceine Hesse, p. 31 although they do not originate from amino acids.