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Amine vs Polyamine - What's the difference?

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In organic chemistry terms the difference between amine and polyamine

is that amine is any organic compound containing an amine functional group while polyamine is any compound having many (more than three) amino functional groups; especially such compounds formed by decomposition of proteins.

As nouns the difference between amine and polyamine

is that amine is a functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon or other radicals while polyamine is any compound having many (more than three) amino functional groups; especially such compounds formed by decomposition of proteins.

amine

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (inorganic chemistry) A functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon or other radicals.
  • (organic chemistry) Any organic compound containing an amine functional group.

    • Derived terms

    * primary amine e.g. methylamine * secondary amine e.g. dimethylamine * tertiary amine e.g. trimethylamine * quaternary ammonium compound e.g.tetramethylammonium hydroxide * amino- * amino

    See also

    * ammine

    Anagrams

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    polyamine

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia polyamine) (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) any compound having many (more than three) amino functional groups; especially such compounds formed by decomposition of proteins

    • Derived terms

    * acetylpolyamine * polyamine oxidase