Compounds having two amino groups bonded to the same carbon,
R2C(NR2)2
. Also called geminal diamines. [The term aminal has also been used, with consequent
ambiguity, for α-amino
ethers (hemiaminal
ethers); such use is discouraged.]
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1316
