Guanidine

Guanidine is an organic compound. Guanidine has the formula . It has an imine (carbon with a double bond to nitrogen) connected to two amines.

The guanidines are a group of compounds that have the same structure as the chemical guanidine.

 Properties 
Guanidine is a strong base. It can accept a hydrogen ion from an acid at the imine nitrogen. This changes it to its conjugate acid, guanidinium.

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Category:Functional groups
Category:Bases