Piperidine
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Piperidine is a cyclic amine. The piperidine skeleton is present in piperine, the main active chemical agent in pepper (Piper sp.), therefore the name.
It is also a byproduct of burning phencyclidine (PCP).
It is also found in marijuana.
Piperidine is listed as a Table II precursor under the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances[1] (http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/red.pdf).
Piperidine is often used for its mild basic properties, most notably in Fmoc-strategy solid phase peptide chemistry.