c8h17n

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c8h17n - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Conine \Co"nine\ (? or ?), n. [From Conium.] (Chem.)
     A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the
     hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless
     oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It
     is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one
     of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the
     motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc.
     See Conium, 2.
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