imines

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  1. Compounds having the structure RN=CR2 (R = H, @[email protected]). Thus analogues of @[email protected] or @[email protected], having NR doubly bonded to carbon; @[email protected] have the structure RCH=NR, @[email protected] have the structure R'2C=NR (R' ≠ H). Imines include @[email protected] and @[email protected] Imine is used as a suffix in systematic nomenclature to denote the C=NH group excluding the carbon atom.
  2. [obsolete] An obsolete term for azacycloalkanes.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. (Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1343 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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