pyrrolidine

[ pi-roh-li-deen, -din, -rol-i- ]
/ pɪˈroʊ lɪˌdin, -dɪn, -ˈrɒl ɪ- /

noun Chemistry.

a colorless, water-soluble, unpleasant smelling, poisonous liquid, C4H9N, from which proline and certain alkaloids are derived, prepared by reducing pyrrole: used chiefly in organic synthesis.

Origin of pyrrolidine

First recorded in 1880–85; pyrrole + -id3 + -ine2

Words nearby pyrrolidine

pyrrhonism, pyrrhotite, pyrrhuloxia, pyrrhus, pyrrole, pyrrolidine, pyrrophyta, pyrrophyte, pyruvate, pyruvate kinase deficiency, pyruvic

British Dictionary definitions for pyrrolidine

pyrrolidine
/ (pɪˈrɒlɪˌdiːn) /

noun

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

Medical definitions for pyrrolidine

pyrrolidine
[ pĭ-rŏl′ĭ-dēn′ ]

n.

A nearly colorless liquid pyrrole to which four hydrogen atoms have been added. It has an ammonialike odor and is the structural basis of proline and hydroxyproline.