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A diamine is a type of polyamine
Polyamine

The polyamines are organic compounds having two or more primary amino groups - such as putrescine, cadaverine, spermidine, and spermine - that are essential molecules in both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells....
 with exactly two amino groups.

Examples include:






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A diamine is a type of polyamine
Polyamine

The polyamines are organic compounds having two or more primary amino groups - such as putrescine, cadaverine, spermidine, and spermine - that are essential molecules in both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells....
 with exactly two amino groups.

Examples include:
  • The simplest example, hydrazine
    Hydrazine

    Hydrazine is a chemical compound with the chemical formula N2H4. It is a colourless liquid with an ammonia-like odor and is derived from the same industrial chemistry processes that manufacture ammonia....
  • Diamines with linear carbon chain
    • ethylene diamine
      Ethylene diamine

      Ethylenediamine is the organic compound with the Chemical formula C2H42. This colorless liquid with an ammonia-like odor is a strongly base amine....
       (2 carbon)
    • putrescine
      Putrescine

      Putrescine is an organic chemical compound NitrogenHydrogen24NH2 . It is related to cadaverine; both are produced by the breakdown of amino acids in living and dead organisms and both are toxic in large doses....
       (4 carbon)
    • cadaverine
      Cadaverine

      Cadaverine is a foul-smelling molecule produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Cadaverine is a toxic diamine with the formula NH25NH2, which is similar to putrescine....
       (5 carbon)
    • hexamethylenediamine
      Hexamethylenediamine

      Hexamethylenediamine is the organic compound with the formula H2N6NH2. The molecule is a diamine, consisting of a hexane hydrocarbon chain terminated with amine functional groups....
       (6 carbon)
  • Other
    • ethambutol
      Ethambutol

      Ethambutol is a bacteriostatic antimycobacterial drug prescribed to treat tuberculosis. It is usually given in combination with other Tuberculosis treatment, such as isoniazid, pyrazinamide and rifampicin....
    • phenylenediamine
      Phenylenediamine

      Phenylenediamine may refer to:*o-Phenylenediamine or OPD, a chemical compound C6H42*m-Phenylenediamine or MPD, a chemical compound C6H42...


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