"Picoline" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... supposed that this alkaloid was piperidine in which two hydrogen atoms were replaced by the isopropyl radical (C{3}H{7}), its formula being taken as C{5}H{9}(C{3}H{7})NH. But he has since changed his view, as will be seen from what follows. In its synthesis 1,000 grammes of picoline were first converted into alphapicoline, 380 grammes being obtained. This was heated with paraldehyde, whereby it was converted into allylpyridine (48 grammes), and this by reduction with sodium yielded alpha-propylpyridine, a body ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 • Various |
