What is "collidine"

Collidine \Col"li*dine\, n. [Gr. ko`lla glue.] (Chem.) One of a class of organic bases, C8H11N, usually pungent oily liquids, belonging to the pyridine series, and obtained from bone oil, coal tar, naphtha, and certain alkaloids.

n. (context organic compound English) Any of six isomers of trimethylpyridine

Collidine is the trivial name used to describe the chemical compounds trimethyl pyridine. Their chemical properties resemble those of pyridine, although the presence of the methyl groups will prohibit some of the more straightforward reactions. Collidine comes in several isomers:

• 2,3,4-trimethylpyridine
• 2,3,5-trimethylpyridine
• 2,3,6-trimethylpyridine
• 2,4,5-trimethylpyridine
• 2,4,6-trimethylpyridine (the most common example of the isomers)
• 3,4,5-trimethylpyridine.

All isomers share the molecular weight 121.18 g/mol and the chemical formula CHN.

Category:Pyridines Category:Amines