OBO ID: CHEBI:24783 |
Term Name: | imine | Search Ontology: | |
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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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