Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Piperidine:
A
saturated
six-membered
secondary amine
heterocycle
with the
molecular structure
shown below, or any
molecule
containing this
moiety
.
Molecular structure
of piperidine.
Related terms:
Aziridine
,
azetidine
,
pyrrolidine
,
pyridine
,
quinuclidine
,
quinine
,
cyclohexane
,
pyran
,
tetrahydropyran
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