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aminals definition

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Compounds having two amino groups bonded to the same carbon, R2C(NR2)2. Also called geminal diamines. [The term aminal has also been used, with consequent ambiguity, for -amino ethers (hemiaminal ethers); such use is discouraged.] Cf. hemiaminals.

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Amino-acid residue (in a polypeptide) definition
amine imides definition
amidines definition
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