Talk:Diamine
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Hydrazine "not an amine"?[edit]
How is hydrazine not considered an amine? From the article: "Hydrazine (H2NNH2) is usually not considered a diamine since it is neither an amine nor is it dibasic."
H2NNH2...amine is NH2, so how does this disqualify hydrazine?
- (Psychonaut25 - 13375p34k / C0n7r1b5 1:41 AM EST, 1 August 2014 (UTC))
As the amine article explains, the term amine is usually used to denote organic compounds containing NH2 attached to a non-carbonyl carbon. It goes on to say that there are also inorganic amines such as chloramine containing NH2 attached to an atom other than carbon. It would seem rational to call hydrazine an inorganic amine, but chemical names are not always rational. Methylene diamine (diaminomethane), if it existed, would qualify as an organic diamine, but it appears to be unstable so the question is moot. I have removed the remark about hydrazine not being considered a diamine because the question is really not important enough to worry about as much as we have been.CharlesHBennett (talk) 18:01, 10 March 2015 (UTC)