Compounds formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms
by hydrocarbyl groups, and having the general structures
RNH2
(primary amines),
R2NH
(secondary amines),
R3N
(tertiary amines).
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1316
