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amine
n. metallic substance derived from ammonia (Chemistry)

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Amine
Amines (US: or , UK: , or ) are organic compounds and functional groups that contain a basic nitrogen atom with a lone pair. Amines are derivatives of ammonia, wherein one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by a substituent such as an alkyl or aryl group. (These may respectively be called alkylamines and arylamines; amines in which both types of substituent are attached to one nitrogen atom may be called alkylarylamines.) Important amines include amino acidsbiogenic aminestrimethylamine, and aniline; see for a list of amines. Inorganic derivatives of ammonia are also called amines, such as chloramine (NClH2); see .

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amine

Noun
1. a compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals
(synonym) aminoalkane
(hypernym) methane series, alkane series, alkane, paraffin
(hyponym) histamine


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Amin (das)
n. amine, metallic substance derived from ammonia (Chemistry)

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amine
nf. amine, metallic substance derived from ammonia (Chemistry)
 
aminer
v. aminate, add an amino acid to a compound