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Amines
Naming Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary Amines
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Secondary and tertiary amines are ammonia derivatives with two or three hydrogen atoms replaced by alkyl groups. They may be symmetrical, with the same alkyl groups attached to nitrogen, or unsymmetrical, with more than one kind of alkyl group present.
These compounds are often named as alkylamin...
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Secondary and tertiary amines can be symmetrical with identical alkyl groups attached to the nitrogen atom or unsymmetrical when more than one type of alkyl group is present.
In common nomenclature, secondary and tertiary amines are named alkylamines. For symmetrical amines, prefixes, di- and tri- are used. In the case o...
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