isonicotine

Updated: January 8, 2026

By the action of sodium upon pyridine is produced a compound C H N , known as dipyridyl, and this, under the influence of nascent hydrogen, takes up six atoms and becomes isonicotine C H N , a physiologically active alkaloid, isomeric with the true nicotine.

Various - Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883