Topic summary

Cyclic amine

Cyclic amine

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Amine.

Classification of amines

  • Cyclic amines—Cyclic amines are either secondary or tertiary amines. Examples of cyclic amines include the 3-membered ring aziridine and the six-membered ring piperidine. N-methylpiperidine and N-phenylpiperidine are examples of cyclic tertiary amines.