Nicotine (beta-Pyridyl-alpha-methylpyrrolidine).
Properties: Alkaloid from tobacco; thick
water-white levorotatory oil, turning
brown on exposure to the air; poisonous!
Hygroscopic; soluble in alcohol, chloro-
form, ether, kerossene, water, and oils.
B.p. 247oC (dec); sp.gr. 1.00924.
Derivation: By distilling tobacco with milk
of lime and extracting with ether.
Grades: Technical.
Containers: Glass bottles; tins.
Uses: Medicine; insecticide (horticultural purposes); tanning.
Shipping regulations: Poison, class B. Poison label.*