noun
- Organic compounds formed by the condensation of a ketone or aldehyde with a secondary amine, containing a carbon-nitrogen double bond.
Usage: chemistry; plural of enamine
Examples
- Enamines are important intermediates in organic synthesis.
- The reaction produced enamines that were then used in subsequent transformations.
- Enamines can be formed by heating a ketone with a secondary amine.
- The stability of enamines depends on the structure of the parent amine and carbonyl compound.