What does primary amine means? Here,Why "primary" is used?
2006-09-01 08:08:02 · 2 answers · asked by star123 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
A primary amine, is one in which the amine group -NH2 is attached to only one other carbon. Primary amines have an alkyl or aromatic group and two hydrogens attached to a nitrogen atom.
NH3 is amonia, and due to the non-bonding pair of electrons left on the N atom, it cannot bond again covalently. Nitrogen can only form a "fourth bond" if it is positively charged, but in most cases this is not a stable bond as it is easily broken and substituted with another negatively charged anion.
2006-09-02 00:10:21 · answer #1 · answered by L96vette 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
primary amine is an -NH3 molecule. It is primary b/c there are only hydrogens attached to it. When there's two different substiuents on N then it's a secondary amine, or there's also tertiary amine, that's when all the groups on the N are different from each other.
2006-09-01 15:29:12 · answer #2 · answered by Natasha B 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋