acetonamine Chem.
(ˈæsɪtəʊnəˌmaɪn)
[f. acetone + amine.]
A compound amine, obtained by heating acetone with ammonia; two or three of the hydrogen atoms of which are replaced by molecules of acetone, which also lose sufficient oxygen to form water with the hydrogen from the ammonia. Hence di- and tri-acetonamine, with other more complicated compounds.
| 1877 Watts Fownes' Chem. II. 263. |