pyridine

pyridine

English

Etymology

From German Pyridin.

Noun

pyridine (plural pyridines)

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

Derived terms

• furopyridine
• trimethylpyridine

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 Spanish: piridina f

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French

Noun

pyridine f (plural pyridines)

1. pyridine

Further reading

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