What an amine is and how it differs from ammonia and from an alcohol. Primary, secondary and tertiary amines, their names, the six main ways to make them, and why their boiling points and solubility are what they are.
3 lessons, about 1 h 25 min3 simulations10 problems3 practice questionsPython in every lesson
Created by StemPy LabStale fish smells of an amine, and so does the first sign of a nitrogen compound in a flask. An amine is ammonia with one, two or three hydrogen atoms replaced by carbon groups. This lesson sorts amines into classes, names them and looks at their shape.
A chemist who needs an amine has six main routes. Three of them reduce a compound with a C-N or N-O bond, one swaps a halogen for the NH2 group, and two protect or remove one carbon atom. This lesson shows what each route gives and why it is chosen.
Methylamine is a gas and aniline is an oil. Amines boil above alkanes but below alcohols, and the smaller ones dissolve in water. Both facts come from hydrogen bonds. This lesson shows how many hydrogen bonds each class can make and what that does.
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