allylamine

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Etymology

From allyl +‎ amine.

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allylamine (plural allylamines)

  1. (organic chemistry) The unsaturated primary amine CH2=CH-CH2-NH2 or any of its derivatives
    • 1857 June 18, Augustus William Hofmann, “Researches on a New Class of Alcohols”, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, page 567:
      The formation of this substance, which we propose to designate allylamine, is perfectly analogous to the production of ethylamine by means of cyanate of ethyl.
    • 1991, Steven I. Baskin, Principles of Cardiac Toxicology, page 54:
      Because the sequela of allylamine cardiac toxicity was believed to involve myocardial ischemia due to lesions in the cardiac vasculature, attention has focused on its effects on the aorta and coronary arteries.
    • 2002, Robert A. Sánchez-Delgado, Organometallic Modeling of the Hydrodesulfurization and Hydrodenitrogenation Reactions:
      Late metals, on the other hand, have been used to cleave the C-N bonds of allylamines.

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