Amine Definition

ə-mēn, ămēn
amines
noun
amines
Any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen, such as ethylamine, C2 H5 NH2 , that may be considered ammonia derivatives in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by a hydrocarbon group.
American Heritage
A derivative of ammonia in which hydrogen atoms have been replaced by nonacidic radicals containing hydrogen and carbon atoms (e.g., methylamine, CH3NH2)
Webster's New World

(inorganic chemistry) A functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon or other radicals.

Wiktionary
(organic chemistry) Any organic compound containing an amine functional group.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • aminoalkane
suffix
Amine.
Diamine.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Amine

Noun

Singular:
amine
Plural:
amines

Origin of Amine

  • am(monium) –ine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From ammonia

    From Wiktionary

  • From amine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Amine Sentence Examples

  • It has to some extent the character of a secondary amine; the hydrogen of the imino group can be replaced by potassium.

  • The tertiary amine is then distilled off, the residual products separated by filtration and finally hydrolysed by a caustic alkali.

  • The secondary amines may be of two types-namely,the purely aromatic amines, and the mixed secondary amines, which contain an aromatic residue and an alkyl group. The purely aromatic amines result upon heating the primary amines with their hydrochlorides, and, in some cases, by heating a phenol with a primary amine and anhydrous zinc chloride.

  • The mixed secondary amines are prepared by the action of alkyl iodides on the primary amines, or by heating salts of the primary amine with alcohols under pressure.

  • Sodium in boiling amyl alcohol reduces it to aromatic tetrahydro-a-naphthylamine, a substance having the properties of an aromatic amine, for it can be diazotized and does not possess an ammoniacal smell.

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