Term: aminals
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.A00270

Definition:
Compounds having two amino groups bonded to the same carbon, R2C(NR2)2. Also called geminal diamines. [The term aminal has also been used, with consequent ambiguity, for α-amino ethers (hemiaminal ethers); such use is discouraged.]

Related Terms:
1) hemiaminals (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.H02775).
2) ethers (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.E02221).

Source: PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. 'Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 1316 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567081307)

Citation: 'aminals' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.A00270

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