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Offline seal308

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quick question on amines
« on: April 02, 2012, 10:44:25 AM »
Hello
according to my textbook:
"In amines, one, two, or three of the N — H bonds in ammonia have been replaced with N — C bonds
The nitrogen atom in an amine, like its counterpart in ammonia, has a lone pair of electrons that can form a bond to a proton."
 
so my question is why are these 2 amines? there is no carbons in the formula.

H2NNH2
HONH2

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Re: quick question on amines
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2012, 11:09:53 AM »
Probably you have texbook on organic chemistry.
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Offline Sadi Carnot

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Re: quick question on amines
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2012, 01:04:06 PM »
The amine is the NH(0-3).  It doesn't necessarily have to be bonded to carbon, though it usually is.

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