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Amine compounds can be primary, secondary, tertiary, or quaternary, based on the number of alkyl groups substituting for the hydrogen atom on the nitrogen molecule.
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Nitrogen has a -1-oxidation number, which will affect the oxidation number of the carbon atoms near it.
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The nitrogen atom has various degrees of nucleophilicity in amine compounds, which affect the reactivity of amine compounds.
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There are many nitrogenous compounds in nature, some of which need memorizing and others just noting as being important nitrogenous molecules.
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The carbon-nitrogen bond is polar, affecting the physical and chemical properties of these molecules in comparison to the corresponding alkane.
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