Definition of "imine" [imine]

• A compound derived from ammonia and containing the bivalent NH group combined with a bivalent nonacid group. (noun)

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• "The remaining 20% is converted to a highly reactive compound known as n-acetyl-p-benzoquinone imine, otherwise known as NAPQI for short."
• "Dashed lines show the large shifts of the imine, aromatic and methyl protons as the cage symmetry is lost through the formation of the dimer."
• "This phenylazomethine dendrimer with a tetraphenylmethane core (red) coordinates Pt salts via bonds to imine nitrogen atoms (blue)."