alkylamine
1
9.2
A chemical where a small carbon chain attaches to a nitrogen atom
- noun
- /ˌæl.kɪl.əˈmiːn/
- Specialized
:
alquilamina
- The scientist explained how different alkylamines affect the stability of the final product in their experiments.
Examples
-
Researchers discovered that the alkylamine compound could enhance the performance of certain catalysts in chemical reactions.
-
In many pharmaceutical applications, alkylamines serve as key building blocks for drug synthesis.
-
In this case, the spectra are difficult to distinguish, as the chemical structures differ only in the substitution position of the alkylamine.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
1
6.9
A chemical created by replacing hydrogen in ammonia with carbon groups
is the narrower type where the replacing group is a simple hydrocarbon chain
Surface Forms
alkylamine singular
alkylamines plural
Morphology
Etymology
The word alkylamine comes from two parts: alkyl, meaning 'a simple chain of carbon and hydrogen', and amine, from 'ammonia', a common nitrogen compound. So an alkylamine is literally an 'amine' with an 'alkyl' group attached to it, which explains why it is an amine joined to a carbon chain.