Compounds formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms by hydrocarbyl groups, and having the general structures
RNH2
(primary amines),
R2NH
(secondary amines),
R3N
(tertiary amines).
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1316
Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry
http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/A00274.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic