OBO ID: CHEBI:24783
Term Name: imine Search Ontology:
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  • imine
  • imines
Definition: Compounds having the structure RN=CR2 (R = H, hydrocarbyl). Thus analogues of aldehydes or ketones, having NR doubly bonded to carbon; aldimines have the structure RCH=NR, ketimines have the structure R'2C=NR (where R' is not H). Imines include azomethines and Schiff bases. Imine is used as a suffix in systematic nomenclature to denote the C=NH group excluding the carbon atom.
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Ontology: ChEBI  ( EBI )
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