tropidine
/ˈtrəʊpɪdiːn/(also tropidin) Chemistry
noun
A colourless liquid heterocyclic compound obtained from tropine by the action of acids.
- Tropidine has a bicyclic molecule similar to that of tropane but with one double bond. Formula: C8H13N..
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Chemical Society. From trop- + -idine, after German Tropidin.