Organic Chemistry · Chapter 6: Aldehydes & Ketones I

Question

Imine is a compound with a ____ atom.

Answer

Imine is a compound with a nitrogen atom double-bonded to a carbon atom.
Imine is a compound with a nitrogen atom double-bonded to a carbon atom.
Note: Upon exposure to an amine, aldehydes and ketones initially form hemiaminals, the nitrogen analogs of hemiacetals. In a subsequent, slower step, hemiaminals of primary amines lose water to form a carbon–nitrogen double bond. This function is called an imine (an older name is Schiff* base) and is the nitrogen analog of a carbonyl group.

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