quinaldine
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Quinaldine or 2-methylquinoline is an organic compound with the formula CH3C9H6N. It is one of the methyl derivatives of the heterocyclic compound quinoline. It is bioactive and is used in the preparation of various dyes. It is a colorless oil but commercial samples can appear colored.
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- Mass
- 143.073
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- found in taxon
- Physarum polycephalum
- Commons category
- 2-Methylquinoline
- chemical formula
- C₁₀H₉N
- canonical SMILES
- CC1=NC2=CC=CC=C2C=C1
- refractive index
- 1.6126
- density
- 1.0585
- boiling point
- 247.6
- melting point
- -2
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Quinaldine or 2-methylquinoline is an organic compound with the formula CH3C9H6N. It is one of the methyl derivatives of the heterocyclic compound quinoline. It is bioactive and is used in the preparation of various dyes. It is a colorless oil but commercial samples can appear colored.
==Production and reactions== Quinaldine is recovered from coal tar. It can be prepared from aniline and paraldehyde via Skraup synthesis or from aniline and crotonaldehyde via Doebner-von Miller variation of the Skraup reaction.
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