enamine

1. 1.

   an amine containing the double bond linkage -C=C-N-

   Broaderamine

Other forms of enamine

plural

enamines·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about enamine

What does enamine mean?

enamine means "an amine containing the double bond linkage -C=C-N-".

How many syllables are in enamine?

enamine has 3 syllables: e-na-mine. The stress falls on "e".

Is enamine a common word?

enamine is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.