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Pyridine

An aromatic nitrogen heterocycle used as a secondary denaturant in Indian denatured spirit formulations (at 1-2% v/v). Its presence in a headspace GC-FID chromatogram of an illicit liquor sample is a forensic marker indicating that industrial denatured spirit was the methanol source, rather than a direct methanol addition.

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