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ammine

[am-een, uh-meen]

am·mine

[am-een, uh-meen]
noun Chemistry.
1.
a compound containing one or more ammonia molecules in coordinate linkage.
2.
any coordination compound containing one or more ammonia molecules bonded to a metal ion.

Origin:
1895–1900; amm(onia) + -ine2
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having an unsymmetrical arrangement of atoms in a molecule, or noting a carbon atom bonded to four different atoms or groups
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ammine (ˈæmiːn, əˈmiːn)
 
n
ammoniate, Also called: ammonate a compound that has molecules containing one or more ammonia molecules bound to another molecule, group, or atom by coordinate bonds
 
[C19: from amm(onia) + -ine²]

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