Questions tagged [amines]
For questions about amines - organic compounds with a basic nitrogen with a lone pair, also occasionally referred to as derivatives of ammonia. Not to be confused with amides, for which the tag [carbonyl-compounds] is to be used.
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How to rationalise the resonance structures and hybridisation of the nitrogen in a conjugated amine?
I was given the first structure, and then drew the other 5 resonance structures:
First of all, are they correct? ChemBioDraw had some complaints, but as far as I can see there's the same number of ...
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Primary amine versus phosphoramidate reactivity with succinate esters
I have posted two reactions below. The top reaction is well known and occurs readily and near quantitatively (e.g. in protein modification), while the bottom reaction to my knowledge does not exist in ...
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Why do Organolithium or Grignard reagents act as nucleophiles and not as bases with aldehydes and ketones
I've read entire Chapter 14: Organometallic Compounds of Francis Carey's "Organic Chemistry" but I still didn't get an answer to my question.
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Because of their basicity ...
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How do you create primary amines from alcohols?
By a primary amine I mean a compound where the hydroxyl group of the corresponding alcohol is replaced with an amine group.
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How do amines react with flue gases to absorb CO₂?
I'm reading this article about carbon capture from the combustion of fossil fuels. In this article, it says that amines are used as a chemical absorbent to capture the $\ce{CO2}$ from the exhaust of ...
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By what reaction does (–)-sparteine decompose in ambient conditions?
In its pure form (–)-sparteine is an only-slightly-yellow clear, viscous liquid. Yet, after only a week of being kept in dry, normal atmosphere (in a round bottom flask covered by a septa), some of it ...
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