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Amines

 

What are amines?

The easiest way to think of amines is as near relatives of ammonia, NH3.

In amines, the hydrogen atoms in the ammonia have been replaced one at a time by hydrocarbon groups. On this page, we are only looking at cases where the hydrocarbon groups are simple alkyl groups.

methylamine                     dimethylamine

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