AMINE

n. A2m’i2n, From ammonia. Lat., amina. Fr., amine. Ger., Amin. It., amina, ammina, A compound formed by the replacement of 1, 2, or 3 hydrogen atoms in ammonia by a basic radicle or radicles. “Phe a’s are divided into mon amines, diamines, and tri amines (with some more complex bodies termed tetra mines, pen tamines, etc., concerning cated little is known), according as they derive from 1, 2, or 3 molecules of ammonia; also into primary, secondary. and terfiary, according as 1. 2, or all 3 of the hydrogen atoms in each ammonia molecule are replaced. [B, 2,6.) Cf. Amipe and ALKALAMIDE.—Alkyl a., Allyl a., ete. See ALKYL A MINE, ALLYL A MINE, el amide. Fr., amine-amide. An amide formed from a hydroxy-acid by the substitution of amidogen for hydroxyl or hydrogen both in the acid characteristic and in the hydroxyl of the acid radicle. [B, 93.]