α-Amino
alcohols, improperly called
carbinolamines (the adducts of ammonia, or of primary or secondary
amines to the carbonyl group of
aldehydes and
ketones)
R2C(OH)NR2.
Compounds of structure
R2C(OR')NR2
(
R ≠
H )
are hemiaminal
ethers, or α-amino
ethers.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1339