How to pronounce“imines”in English

Imines come from a carbonyl and a primary amine, while enamines come from secondary amines.

Remember imines? They're molecules with a carbon-nitrogen double bond, made by reacting ammonia or a primary amine with an aldehyde or ketone.

Used imines and enamines in carbon-carbon bond forming reactions In the next episode, we’ll look at how we can use amines to produce diazonium salts,

so imines come from primary amines.

When making imines, nitrogen swaps out for the oxygen of an aldehyde or ketone, and we first get an iminium ion.

Remember that aldehydes and ketones react easily with amines to form imines.

Acetals can be a useful way to protect carbonyl groups in longer syntheses And imines and enamines can be formed from aldehydes and ketones