We have one last functional group to look at, amines . We said that alcohols and ethers were derivatives of water, alkyl groups substituting for one or two hydrogen atoms.
Amines are derivatives of ammonia , again, with alkyl groups substituting for hydrogen atoms.
Ammonia, shown below, is a Lewis and Bronsted base. The nitrogen carries a lone pair of electrons which can bind a proton or serve as an electron pair to share. Amines are characterized by the number of R groups bound to the nitrogen. 1 o amines are given the family name of the alkyl group and amine is added as a suffix. This is a primary amine.