amine : Idioms & Phrases
Methyl amine
(Chem.) , a colorless, inflammable, alkaline gas,CH3.NH2 , having an ammoniacal, fishy odor. It is produced artificially, and also occurs naturally in herring brine and other fishy products. It is regarded as ammonia in which a third of its hydrogen is replaced by methyl, and is a type of the class of substituted ammonias.
Webster 1913
Primary amine
(Chem.) , an amine containing the amido group, or a derivative of ammonia in which only one atom of hydrogen has been replaced by a basic radical; distinguished fromsecondary ∧ tertiary amines .
Webster 1913
Zinc amine
(Chem.) , a white amorphous substance,Zn(NH2)2 , obtained by the action of ammonia on zinc ethyl; called alsozinc amide .