Q: What term is used to describe molecules that contain carbon-nitrogen bonds?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Amines are molecules that contain carbon-nitrogen bonds. The nitrogen atom in an amine has a lone pair of electrons and three bonds to other atoms, either carbon or hydrogen. Various nomenclatures are used to derive names for amines, but all involve the class-identifying suffix –ine as illustrated here for a few simple examples:.

 Choices:

- compounds

- ions

- nitrites

- amines


A:
amines