petinine Chem.
(ˈpɛtɪniːn, -naɪn)
[f. Gr. πετειν-ός volatile + -ine5.]
A synonym of iso-butylamine, CH(CH3)2·CH2·NH2.
| 1853 Pharmac. Jrnl. XIII. 134 The sulphates of..chinoline, picoline, petinine are..insoluble. 1857 Miller Elem. Chem. III. 212. 1868–77 Watts Dict. Chem. V. 737 Petinine, a volatile base obtained by Anderson from the most volatile portion of bone-oil, is..isomeric, or perhaps identical, with tetrylamine. |