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ethanimine
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Ethanimine is an organonitrogen compound classified as an imine. It is formed by reacting acetaldehyde and ammonia, but rapidly polymerizes to acetaldehyde ammonia trimer.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H5N
- Molecular weight
- 43.07 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- ethanimine
- SMILES
- CC=N
- InChIKey
- MPAYEWNVIPXRDP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -0.2
- Polar surface area
- 23.9 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 43.042199
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- canonical SMILES
- CC=N
- chemical formula
- C₂H₅N
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- Ethanimine
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Encyclopedic overview
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Ethanimine is an organonitrogen compound classified as an imine. It is formed by reacting acetaldehyde and ammonia, but rapidly polymerizes to acetaldehyde ammonia trimer.
It has two tautomers: ethanimine, an imine, and ethenamine or aminoethylene, an amine. Ethanimine has two hydrogens on the carbon, while ethenamine has two on the nitrogen atom.
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