Ethanimine

Ethanimine / ethenamine
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Ethanimine
Other names
As imine: ethylimine, ethylideneimine, ethylidenimine, acetaldehyde imine, acetaldehyde-ammonia Schiff base, acetaldimine, iminoethane
As amine: ethenamine, ethyleneamine, ethylideneamine, aminoethylene, vinylamine, vinyl amine
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
  • InChI=1S/C2H5N/c1-2-3/h2-3H,1H3
    Key: MPAYEWNVIPXRDP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • InChI=1/C2H5N/c1-2-3/h2-3H,1H3
    Key: MPAYEWNVIPXRDP-UHFFFAOYAR
  • CC=N
Properties
C2H5N
Molar mass 43.069 g·mol−1
Related compounds
Related compounds
 N-Methylmethanimine
Methanimine
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Ethanimine is an organonitrogen compound classified as an imine. It is formed by reacting acetaldehyde and ammonia, but rapidly polymerizes to acetaldehyde ammonia trimer.

It has two tautomers: ethanimine, an imine, and ethenamine or aminoethylene, an amine. Ethanimine has two hydrogens on the carbon, while ethenamine has two on the nitrogen atom.

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