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Title: Amines
Post by: punky on April 27, 2004, 12:08:02 AM

do amines act as bases in many reactions?

Title: Re:Amines
Post by: Mitch on April 27, 2004, 12:19:10 AM

yes

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Post by: AWK on April 27, 2004, 01:48:11 AM

And sometimes may act as acids.

Title: Re:Amines
Post by: Donaldson Tan on April 27, 2004, 08:06:08 AM

Amine plays the role of nucleophile in most of its reaction, consequently as a lewis base (lone pair donor)

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Post by: jdurg on April 27, 2004, 03:32:46 PM

And they almost always have the worst odors imagineable.