transimination

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noun

Any reaction involving the movement of an imine group

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Meanings

nountransimination (plural transiminations)

plural transiminations

  1. chemistryAny reaction involving the movement of an imine group

    The results showed that reversible transamination and transimination reactions could be carried out orthogonally or connected to provide access to catalyst-controlled dynamic systems with high level of complexities from simple starting materials.

    2015 June 3, Fredrik Schaufelberger, Lei Hu, Olof Ramström, “trans-Symmetric Dynamic Covalent Systems: Connected Transamination and Transimination Reactions”, in Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany), volume 21, →DOI

Origin

From trans- + imination.

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