quinoline

English

Noun

quinoline (plural quinolines)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a benzene ring fused with a pyridine ring; especially the simplest such compound, C₉H₇N.

Alternative forms

• chinoline (dated)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• -quine
• aminoquinoline
• hydroxychloroquinoline
• isoquinoline
• chloroquinoline
• fluoroquinoline
• nitroquinoline
• praziquantel

Translations

any of a class of hetercyclic compounds

• Catalan: quinolina f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 喹啉 (fui¹ lam⁴)

  Mandarin: 喹啉 (zh) (kuílín)

• Dutch: chinoline f
• Finnish: kinoliini
• Galician: quinoleína f
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• German: Chinolin (de) n
• Italian: chinolina (it) f
• Japanese: キノリン (kinorin)
• Korean: 퀴놀린 (kwinollin)
• Portuguese: quinoleína f
• Spanish: quinoleína f, quinolina f