Compounds having the structure
RN=CR2
(
R
≠
H). Many consider the term to include the compounds
RN=CRH
(
R
≠
H), thus making azomethines synonymous with
Schiff bases.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1321
