Amine

Morpheme

Amine

Type

free base

Denotation

functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon or other radicals

Etymology

ammonia (Ammon + i + a) +‎ -ine

Evidence

alkylamine, allylamine, aminal, aminase, amination, amine, aminergic, amines, aminic, aminol, aminolipid, aminolysis, aminomethane, aminophenol, aminyl, arylamine, benzylamine, bioamine, cyclohexylamine, diarylamine, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, galantamine, ketamine, naphthylamine, nitrosamine, penicillamine, phentolamine, tamoxifen, venlafaxine

See Also

Am(e), Ammon, -ine