enamine
Sign in to savethumb|150px|The general structure of an enamine An enamine is a functional group with the formula . Enamines are reagents used in organic synthesis and are intermediates in some enzyme-catalyzed reactions.
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12 sectionsContents
- Formation
- Structure
- Reactions
- Alkylation and acylation
- Halogenation
- Oxidative coupling
- Annulation
- Metalloenamines
- Biochemistry
- Further reading
- See also
- References
thumb|150px|The general structure of an enamine An enamine is a functional group with the formula . Enamines are reagents used in organic synthesis and are intermediates in some enzyme-catalyzed reactions.
The word "enamine" is derived from the affix en-, used as the suffix of alkene, and the root amine. This can be compared with enol, which is a functional group containing both alkene (en-) and alcohol (-ol). Enamines are nitrogen analogs of enols.