INTRODUCTION TO AMINES AND THEIR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

What are amines? The easiest way to think of amines is as near relatives of ammonia, NH3. In amines, the hydrogen atoms in the ammonia have been replaced one at a time by hydrocarbon groups. On this page, we are only looking at cases where the hydrocarbon groups are simple alkyl groups. The different kinds of amines. Amines fall into different classes depending on how many of the hydrogen atoms are replaced.