noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon or other radicals.
2. 2
   a compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals wordnet
3. 3
   Any organic compound containing an amine functional group.

Synonyms

All synonyms

alcoholaminoalkanechemical

Example

More examples

"The nitrite reacts with an aromatic amine to form a diazonium salt."

Etymology

From ammonia + -ine.

Related phrases

amine imideamine oxideamine scrubberamine ylideorganic amineprimary amine e.g. methylaminequaternary ammonium compound e.g.tetramethylammonium hydroxidesecondary amine e.g. dimethylaminetertiary amine e.g. trimethylaminefunctional grouporganic compound

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