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Ammonia vs Amine - What's the difference?

ammonia | amine |

As nouns the difference between ammonia and amine

is that ammonia is a gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste while amine is a functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon or other radicals.

ammonia

English

Noun

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  • (inorganic compound) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste.

    • Synonyms

    * spirits of hartshorn (obsolete) * volatile alkali (obsolete)

    Derived terms

    * ammonia borane * ammonian * ammonic * ammonical * ammonium

    References

    * (wikipedia "ammonia") *

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    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

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