Amine

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Image:Ammonia.png Ammonia

Amines are structures resembling ammonia, where one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by alkyl groups:

Primary Amine: Image:Amina1.png

Secondary Amine: Image:Amina2.png

Tertiary Amine: Image:Amina3.png

Naming:

Lower amines are named with the suffix -amine. Image:Methylamine.png Methylamine

Higher have the prefix amino as a functional group. Image:2-amino-pentane.png 2-amino-pentane

Properties:

Like ammonia, amines have basic properties, and they react with halogenoalkanes to form longer chains, with the release of a halogen acid. Amines react with carboxylic acids (or similar derivatives such as acyl chlorides) to form amides. The volatile amines have strong unpleasant smells.

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Amine" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amine, used under the GNU Free Documentation License