PYRROLIDINE Definition & Meaning

pyrrolidine

[ pi-roh-li-deen, -din, -rol-i- ]

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noun

Chemistry.

a colorless, water-soluble, unpleasant smelling, poisonous liquid, C 4 H 9 N, from which proline and certain alkaloids are derived, prepared by reducing pyrrole: used chiefly in organic synthesis.

pyrrolidine

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an almost colourless liquid occurring in tobacco leaves and made commercially by hydrogenating pyrrole. It is a strongly alkaline heterocyclic base with molecules that contain a ring of four carbon atoms and one nitrogen atom. Formula: C 4 H 9 N

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of pyrrolidine¹

First recorded in 1880–85; pyrrole + -id ³ + -ine ²

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A rudimentary description of BCX-4430 would be to say that it’s an adenosine analogue where ribose is replaced by a pyrrolidine.

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Its structural formula shows it to contain both a pyrridine ring and a pyrrolidine ring, linked together thus Hygrine, C7H13NO, from coca leaves, is an acetic acid salt of pyrrolidine, represented by the following formula: Atropine and hyoscyamine, C17H23NO3, are optical isomers.

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