What does "piperidine" mean?

An alicyclic heterocycle, containing 5 carbon atoms and one nitrogen atom, formally derived by the hydrogenation of pyridine; many of its derivatives are alkaloids or pharmaceuticals

What is a synonym for "piperidine"?

Common synonyms include: azinane, azinane, perhydropyridine, perhydropyridine.

Piperidine

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Noun

1
An alicyclic heterocycle, containing 5 carbon atoms and one nitrogen atom, formally derived by the hydrogenation of pyridine; many of its derivatives are alkaloids or pharmaceuticals countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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azinane azinane perhydropyridine perhydropyridine

Etymology

From piper + -idine.

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