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Amines can be considered as ammonia derivatives, like alcohols and ethers formally come from water. Yet, there are some differences...

Origin	Family	1º	2º	3º	4º
					DOESN'T EXIST
WATER	ALCOHOLS	1-Propanol	2-Propanol	Tert-butanol

AMMONIA	AMINES	Tert-butylamine	Ditert-butylamine	Trimethylamine	Tetramethylammonium

There exist primary, secondary and tertiary amines depending 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, makes them primary, secondary or tertiary.

Look at some examples:

Examples of amine nomenclature: propylamine, cyclohexylamine, diethylamine, 1,3-propanediamine, N-methyl- and N,N-dimethyl-2-propylamine, 2-aminoethanol, 2-(N-methylamino)propanoic acid and pyrrolidine

Cyclic amines: piperidine, piperazine, morpholine, 2-methylpyrrolidine, N-phenyl-3,5-dimethylmorpholine and aniline