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Pyridine vs Dihydropyridine - What's the difference?

pyridine | dihydropyridine |

As nouns the difference between pyridine and dihydropyridine

is that pyridine is any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of five carbon atoms and an nitrogen atom; especially the simplest one, C5H5N while dihydropyridine is a molecule based upon pyridine, the parent of a class of molecules that have been semi-saturated with two substituents replacing one double bond.

pyridine

English

(wikipedia pyridine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of five carbon atoms and an nitrogen atom; especially the simplest one, C5H5N.

    • Derived terms

    * furopyridine * trimethylpyridine

    dihydropyridine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A molecule based upon pyridine, the parent of a class of molecules that have been semi-saturated with two substituents replacing one double bond.