pyridine

English

Etymology

From German Pyridin.

Noun

pyridine (plural pyridines)

2. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of five carbon atoms and a nitrogen atom; especially the simplest one, C₅H₅N.

Derived terms

• acetylpyridine
• acylpyridine
• aminopyridine
• atevirdine
• bipyridine
• borapyridine
• bromopyridine
• cefaloridine
• chloropyridine
• clopidogrel
• cyanopyridine
• delavirdine
• dihydropyridine
• dimethylpyridine
• dipyridil
• dipyridine
• disopyramide
• fluoropyridine
• furopyridine
• iodopyridine
• methylpyridine
• nalidixic acid
• naphthylvinylpyridine
• nitropyridine
• nonabine
• pentafluoropyridine
• picoplatin
• pirbuterol
• polypyridine
• pralidoxime
• pyridinediyl
• pyridinic
• pyridinium
• pyridinyl
• pyridostigmine
• pyridyl
• sulfapyridine
• terpyridine
• tetrahydropyridine
• trimethylpyridine
• zolpidem

 

Translations

any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds

• Catalan: piridina f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 吡啶 (bei² ding⁶)

  Mandarin: 吡啶 (zh) (bǐdìng)

• Italian: piridina (it) f
• Japanese: ピリジン (pirijin)
• Korean: 피리딘 (piridin)
• Polish: pirydyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: piridina (pt) f
• Russian: пириди́н (ru) m (piridín)
• Spanish: piridina f

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

pyridine f (plural pyridines)

1. pyridine

Further reading

• “pyridine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.