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imine

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im·ine  (mn, -n, -mn)
n.
A compound derived from ammonia and containing the bivalent NH group combined with a bivalent nonacid group.
[Alteration of amine.]
imine [ɪˈmiːn ˈɪmiːn]
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) any of a class of organic compounds in which a nitrogen atom is bound to one hydrogen atom and to two alkyl or aryl groups. They contain the divalent group NH
[alteration of amine]
IMinE
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(Mining & Quarrying) Institution of Mining Engineers
imine  (mn, -n, -mn)
1. A compound derived from ammonia and containing an NH group attached by a double bond to a carbon atom in another group.
2. The radical CNH, having a double bond between the carbon and nitrogen atoms.


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Among them were 1,4-benzoquinone (a mutagen) and N-acetyl-p-benzoquinone imine (a hepatotoxicant also produced during acetaminophen metabolism that is responsible for overdose deaths).
A headache for water treatment by Burton, Adrian / Environmental Health Perspectives
Isolation and analysis of products demonstrated that 40-70% of the imine or diimine was reduced to the corresponding PPD, while 2050% was isolated as the alkylated product.
QDI antidegradant for cost saving, productivity in various grades of ... by To, Byron H. / Rubber World
The hypothesized mechanism of carcinogenicity is bioactivation of these herbicides through several steps, ultimately leading to the formation of a DNA-reactive metabolite (Figure 2), 2-methyl-6-ethylbenzoquinone imine (MEBQI) for acetochlor and metolachlor and 2,6-diethylbenzoquinone imine (DEBQI) for alachlor and butachlor.
Comparative Metabolism of Chloroacetamide Herbicides and Selected ... by Rose, Randy L. / Environmental Health Perspectives
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