C10H13NO

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thalline \Thal"line\, n. [Gr. ? a young shoot or branch.]
     (Chem.)
     An artificial alkaloid of the quinoline series, obtained as a
     white crystalline substance, {C10H13NO}, whose salts are
     valuable as antipyretics; -- so called from the green color
     produced in its solution by certain oxidizing agents.


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