amine

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See also Amine

English

Etymology

From ammonia

Noun

amine (plural amines)

1. (inorganic chemistry) A functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon or other radicals.
2. (organic chemistry) Any organic compound containing an amine functional group.

Derived terms

• primary amine e.g. methylamine
• secondary amine e.g. dimethylamine
• tertiary amine e.g. trimethylamine
• quaternary ammonium compound e.g.tetramethylammonium hydroxide
• amino-
• amino

Translations

inorganic chemistry: functional group formally derived from ammonia

• Finnish: amiini (fi)
• Hindi: तिक्ती (hi) (tiktee)
• Italian: ammina (it) f
• Portuguese: amina (pt) f

• Romanian: amină (ro) f
• Spanish: amina (es) f

organic compound containing an amine functional group

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胺 (cmn) (àn)

• Czech: amin (cs) m
• French: amine (fr) f
• German: Amin (de) n

• Italian: ammina (it) f
• Polish: amina (pl) f
• Romanian: amină (ro) f
• Spanish: amina (es) f

See also

• ammine

Anagrams

• anime, animé, Maine, minae