This term systematically means
carbenes bearing an imino or
N-substituted imino group,
RN=, somewhere in the molecule. E.g.
R–C:–CH2C(=NR)R. It is listed here in order to warn against its misuse for
alkylideneamino carbenes.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1343