allylamine

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noun

The unsaturated primary amine CH₂=CH-CH₂-NH₂ or any of its derivatives

Similar
acrylaminepropenylamine
Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounallylamine (plural allylamines)

plural allylamines

  1. chemistryThe unsaturated primary amine CH₂=CH-CH₂-NH₂ or any of its derivatives

    Late metals, on the other hand, have been used to cleave the C-N bonds of allylamines.

    2002, Robert A. Sánchez-Delgado, Organometallic Modeling of the Hydrodesulfurization and Hydrodenitrogenation Reactions
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    The formation of this substance, which we propose to designate allylamine, is perfectly analogous to the production of ethylamine by means of cyanate of ethyl.

    1857 June 18, Augustus William Hofmann, “Researches on a New Class of Alcohols”, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, page 567

    Because the sequela of allylamine cardiac toxicity was believed to involve myocardial ischemia due to lesions in the cardiac vasculature, attention has focused on its effects on the aorta and coronary arteries.

    1991, Steven I. Baskin, Principles of Cardiac Toxicology, page 54

    Synonyms: acrylamine, propenylamine

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe unsaturated primary amine CH₂=CH-CH₂-NH₂ or any of its derivatives

Similar
acrylaminepropenylamine

Origin

Translations

Portuguese alilamina
  • alilaminaunsaturated primary amine
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