Amine: Amines are organic compounds, derived from ammonia NH3 where hydrogen atoms in
ammonia have been replaced by a group.
Classifying Amines: Can get primary amine where one carbon atom attached to nitrogen
(instead of hydrogen so leaves NH2). Secondary NH and tertiary amines RN.
When drawing structure of amine, show lone pair.
Naming Amines:
– Alkyl chain- amine, if amine group on carbon 1 e.g. ethylamine.
– Or when amine group attached on another carbon, number- amino- alkyl chain e.g. 2-
aminobutane.
– If more than one same alkyl group, add di or tri to alkyl chain prefix e.g. dimethylamine.
– If two or more different groups attached to nitrogen atom, compound would be Nmethylpropylamine with largest group having the amine suffix- in the propyl bit include the
C attached to = O.