Aldimine

In organic chemistry, an aldimine is an imine which is derived from an aldehyde.GoldBookRef|title=aldimines|url=http://goldbook.iupac.org/A00209.html|year=1995] As such, aldimines have the general formula R–CH=N–R'.

An important subset of aldimines are the Schiff bases, in which the substituent on the nitrogen atom (R') is an
alkyl or aryl group (i.e. "not" a
hydrogen atom).GoldBookRef|title=Schiff bases (Schiff's bases)|url=http://goldbook.iupac.org/S05498.html|year=1995]

Nomenclature

Aldimines may be named in three different manners:BlueBookRef|rec=R-5.4.3|pages=89–90]
#by replacing the final -e of the parent hydride, R–CH₃, with the suffix "-imine";
#as alkylidene derivatives of azane;
#("rare") as alkylidene derivatives of "amine".An obsolete nomenclature treats aldimines as derivatives of a parent aldehyde.

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