Depto. Química Orgánica

NOMENCLATURE OF AMINES

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Amines can be considered as ammonia derivatives, like alcohols and ethers formally come from water.
Yet, there are some differences...
OriginFamily
 
DOESN'T EXIST
WATERALCOHOLS1-Propanol2-PropanolTert-butanol 

AMMONIAAMINESTert-butylamineDitert-butylamineTrimethylamineTetramethylammonium
There exist primary, secondary and tertiary amines which depends on the number of carbons bonded to nitrogen - one, two and three, respectively.
This is a difference with alcohols where the substitution at carbon, and not at oxygen, is responsible of making it be primary, secondary or tertiary.  
Look at some examples:
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