Compounds having the structure
RN=CR2
(R
≠
H). Many consider the term to include the compounds
RN=CRH
(R
≠
H), thus making azomethines synonymous with Schiff bases.
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1321
Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry
http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/A00564.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic